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Introduction to Drama / Plays
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3D. scenery, backdrops and __ create the setting; may have different sets for different __
costumes; characters
furniture; audience members
characters; plays
furniture; scenes
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1A. Dialogue is what characters ________. It is typed in ________ font after a character name.
say aloud; italic
say aloud; regular
do on-stage; regular
do on-stage; bold
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Drama can be presented as ______ literature (text) or as a _____________ (production).
written; performance
recorded; a poem
written; an anthology
recorded; performance
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1A. Stage directions, written in _____ and inside _______, tell actors how to move or speak.
bold; slashes
italics; a box
bold; a circle
italics; parenthesis
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Plays are divided into _ sections called Acts.Acts are divided into smaller sections called __.
large; scenes
tiny; events
large; events
tiny; scenes
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4B. Characterisation in plays may be revealed through ________ lines, ___________, or ________.
monologue; staging; costumes
dialogue; stage directions; narrator
implied; set; props
director; props, sound effects
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4E. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that a __ does not know.
stage crew
director
character
playwright
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1.
Drama or Play
: stories written to be ____________ by actors and watched by an ___________.
listened to; teacher
performed; audience
read; student
televised; couch potatoes
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3E. __ are things like dishes, telephones, books, etc that actors USE onstage for a performance
Movables
Playbills
Props
Scripts
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3G. A monologue is a longer speech given by _______ in a play.
the director
2-3 actors
an animal
one actor
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3A. A _____ is the author of a play or drama.
player
dramauthor
playwright
dramatist
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3C. Staging includes thing such as lighting, props, set, ___, visual effects, and ___
dialogue; lines
audience; director
scripts; actors
sound effects; costumes
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4C. In the plot of a play, the turning point that is often exciting is called the ____________.
exposition
main scene
climax
turning act
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Why is the following image most likely used as a symbol for theater/drama/plays?
it represents the feelings of the audience
to represent the surprise ending
to represent how the actors' costumes
it represents the tragedy & comedy types of drama
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4D. The theme of a play is the central message or life lesson the __ was trying to convey.
playwright
director
poet
actors
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Which of the following is a famous playwright?
S.E. Hinton
Rose Ward
Robert Frost
William Shakespeare