Drama STAAR Questions

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

• stage direction

• actor

• performance

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• stage directions

• scene

• setting

• stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

What are props?

• Actors in play

• The action in a play

• Objects used by actors in a play

• Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.5

The cast of characters is....

• a play intended to make an audience laugh

• the signal given to people working in or on a play

• lines spoken between characters in a play

• the people who perform in a play

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

The area where the actors perform is called the....

• scene

• stage

• set

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

The written text of a play is called a ....

• set

• rehearsal

• script

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• group
• crowd
• cast
• people

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.

• songs
• lines
• books
• jokes

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the major difference between tragedy and comedy?

• Comedies are very realistic; tragedies are not

• Comedies contain elaborate plots and costumes; tragedies involve simple plots and staging

• Comedies were developed in Ancient Greece; tragedies were developed during the Renaissance

• Comedies have happy endings; tragedies don't

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6