Drama Background

This is the written text of a play.

• script

• papers

• book

• text

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A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performed

• comedy

• tragedy

• fun

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Items used on stage to help actors tell a story

• Flats

• Sets

• Props

• Costumes

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A person who writes plays is

• Poet

• Author

• Illustrator

• Playwright

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Anytime a playwright or screenwriter uses dialogue, performance, and acting to share a story, it is considered a ​ (a)   .

• drama

• film

• script

• play

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Match the following types of drama

• Comedy

• describes plays that address a serious subject.

• Tragedy

• a form of drama that is humorous and has happy endings.

• Drama

• a form of drama in which events lead to the downfall of the protagonist.

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Every time you change the scene in a Drama you change the

• climax

• plot

• Scene

• Setting

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What is drama?

• A type of nonfiction that present information.

• A type of fiction written in a form of poem to entertain.

• A type of fiction story that is written to be performed in front of an audience.

• A type of nonfiction that tells the life of a person.

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The group of people that are playing certain roles in a play is called the 

• audience

• cast of characters

• writers

• speakers

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The directions, or words, in parenthesis that show the actions or feelings that the characters are supposed to show.  These directions are called______.

• Plot directions

• Stage directions

• Actor directions

• Audience directions

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