Elements of Drama - Practice

The person who write the play is known as the: 

• playwright. 

• director.

• author.

What is dramatic literature, or drama?

• the written words and directions for actors to follow

• a story that is written to be performed or acted out

• trouble that is caused by "friends"

____ are the people acting in a play. 

• Director

• Cast of characters

• Narrator

The play or drama is organized in: 

• chapters

• acts and scenes 

• pages and numbers

Instructions that tell the actors what they are supposed to do during acting:

• scene

• director

• stage directions

Speech between characters in a play in known as: 

• dialogue

• lines

• script

Person who tells the story, often spoken in third person is known as the: 

• actor

• speaker

• narrator

The moral, or insight about life, in a drama is known as _____. 

• plot

• theme

• exposition

The basic sequence of events in a story/drama. 

• exposition 

• plot

• theme

• setting