Drama Terms Quiz

What is the definition of an aside?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

What is the definition of a chorus?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the definition of dramatic effect?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the definition of dramatic irony?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the definition of dramatic speech?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• The types of speeches used by playwrights.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the definition of a monologue?

• A long speech delivered by a character to others

• A group of performers who comment on the action

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the definition of a soliloquy?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A speech where a character, alone on stage, reveals private thoughts to the audience.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What are props?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• Moveable objects that actors use onstage.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is a pun?

• A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to other characters.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A play on words involving a word with two or more different meanings or two words that sound the same but have different meanings.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is a script?

• The text of a play.

• A group of performers who comment on the action.

• All the dramatic elements combining to produce the illusion of reality.

• A contradiction between what the character thinks is true and what the audience knows to be true.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6