Elements of Drama

Multiple Choice

What are the five elements of PLOT found in fiction AND drama?

• Beginning,

  middle,

  top,

  end,

  finale

• Extension,

  Ladder,

  Conflict,

  Falling Ladder,

  Soliloquy

• Exposition,

  Rising Action,

  Climax,

  Falling Action,

  Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is the following excerpt an example of?

(Billy enters the stage from the left humming a tune and skipping over to the couch, showing pure enjoyment).

• dialogue

• plot

• monologue

• stage directions

Multiple Choice

The author of a drama is usually called a...

• poet

• drama

• playwright

• scriptwriter

Multiple Choice

Actors are the __________ in a drama.

• setting

• props

• characters

• dialogue

Multiple Choice

Scenes in a drama show the change in _________.

• characters

• setting

• conflict

• prop

Multiple Choice

Stage directions are written___________.

• stories

• dialogue

• instructions

• props

Multiple Choice

A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performed

• comedy

• tragedy

• fun

Multiple Choice

Items used on stage to help actors tell a story

• Flats

• Sets

• Props

• Costumes

Multiple Choice

What is drama?

• A type of nonfiction that present information.

• A type of fiction written in a form of poem to entertain.

• A type of fiction story that is written to be performed in front of an audience.

• A type of nonfiction that tells the life of a person.

Multiple Choice

What is another word for "drama?"

• Poem

• Story

• Play

• Movie

Multiple Choice

The group of people that are playing certain roles in a play is called the 

• audience

• cast of characters

• writers

• speakers

Multiple Choice

The directions, or words, in parenthesis that show the actions or feelings that the characters are supposed to show.  These directions are called______.

• Plot directions

• Stage directions

• Actor directions

• Audience directions

Multiple Choice

Plays are divided into large sections called

• scenes

• acts

• stage directions

• asides

Multiple Choice

Acts are divided into smaller sections called

• monologue

• dialogue

• scenes

• stage directions

Multiple Choice

Which of these best explains why there is only one scene?

• There is very little action.

• There are only three characters.

• Only a few props are needed.

• The setting does not change.

Multiple Choice

The conversation between two or more characters is called

• monologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• chorus