What is Drama?

Match the following elements of a performance to their picture.

• Props

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• Costumes

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• Set

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• Cast

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• Crew

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All the ​ (a)   in a play are performed by ​ (b)   . The group of actors together is called the ​ (c)   . The actors ​ (d)   , or practice the play before the show.

• characters
• actors
• cast
• rehearse

Which three spots show props that the actors could use in this play?

​ (a)   could tell what a scene looks like, when and where a character moves or what special effects happen at a particular moment. They are often written in ​ (b)   or in parenthesis to make it easier to tell them apart from the dialogue.

• Stage directions
• italics
• dialogue
• Characters
• after the character's name
• at the bottom

Characteristics of poetry include ​ (a)   instead of paragraphs, ​ (b)   to give a pattern to the words, or ​ (c)   with the same words used many times.

• stanzas
• rhyme or rhythm
• repetition
• dialogue
• characters
• plot

Characteristics of prose are that it is organized with sentences and ​ (a)   , has characters and a ​ (b)   , and can be used to write newspaper articles, books, or ​ (c)   .

• paragraphs
• plot of events
• stories
• dialogue
• stage directions
• plays

Characteristics of drama include it is written in a ​ (a)   form with stage directions and ​ (b)   , it lists a ​ (c)   to tell you who all of the people are in the play, and is written by a ​ (d)   .

• script
• dialogue
• cast of characters
• playwright
• book
• actors
• poet
• paragraphs

Match the following

• Playwright

• words spoken by the characters

• Stage directions

• the written form of a play

• Dialogue

• written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience

• Drama

• the author of a play

• Script

• the notes in a script that explain the movement, feelings, and emotions of the character, also can be lighting and sound effects

Shakespeare (a famous playwright from the past from England) often had five acts in his plays. Most modern plays usually only have 1, 2, or 3 acts. What is an ACT?

• small division of a play, changes when the setting changes

• a break in the show

• the time and place of the story

• large division of a play

The time between acts, when the audience and actors take a break, is called: (a)  

• script
• dialogue
• intermission
• lobby