Drama

The word drama comes from the Greek word for __________.

• action
• play
• stage
• dialogue

Drama is written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What are two types of drama?

• Fiction and Nonfiction
• Tragedy and Comedy
• Tragedy and Staging
• Comedy and Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

A playwright is _______.

• The author of the play
• When they play is right after editing
• A character in the play
• A type of stage direction

— —A play in written form is called _______ 

• dialogue
• a script
• a book
• a narrative

When characters have a conversation with each other in a play it is called ________.

• dialogue
• stage directions
• talking
• conversing

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3B

Tells how the play is to be performed in the script. Usually in parenthesis.

• Stage Directions
• Dialogue
• Set
• Directions

The practice of putting on the play is called ________

• Rehearsal
• Staging
• Practice
• Stage set

The scenery, backdrops, and furniture create the __________

• setting
• stage
• background

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Items that actors use onstage during the performance to support the action are called

• sets
• props
• thingamabobs
• scenes