Elements of Drama Quiz

What is the main idea the writer is trying to convey in a drama?

• Theme

• Character

• Conflict

• Plot

What is the division of a play much like a chapter is a division within a novel?

• Act

• Dialogue

• Scene

• Stage Directions

What is a situation in the story in which the audience knows something that the characters do not know?

• Double Entendre

• Pun

• Dramatic Irony

• Foil

What is a form of poetry that has lines with five iambs of two syllables each?

• lambic Pentameter

• lamb

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

What is a speech given by one character to another or by a character to an audience?

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

What is a play on words, especially those that sound alike, but have different meanings?

• Pun

• Double Entendre

• Foil

• Dramatic Irony

What is a character who is almost exactly the opposite of another character, used to make a comparison?

• Dramatic Irony

• Foil

• Double Entendre

• Pun

What is a unit in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?

• lambic Pentameter

• lamb

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

What is a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play?

• Chorus

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Monologue

What is a word or phrase with more than one meaning?

• Pun

• Foil

• Double Entendre

• Dramatic Irony