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Elements of DRAMA
Elements of DRAMA
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Questions are intended to review for a quiz over DRAMA elements.
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Reasons a character behaves the way they do are...
scripts
motivations
dialogues
conflicts
2
Dramas that contain an unhappy ending are called...
comedies
melodramas
love stories
tragedies
3
Words written in italics and help to interpret the scene are called...
movements
dialogue
clues
stage directions
4
What literary work is meant to be acted out?
a setting
a novel
a character
a drama
5
When the audience feels uncertain anxiety about what will happen next, it's called...
suspense
the resolution
the exposition
foreshadowing
6
Which of the following is NOT a drama?
play
novel
movie
a TV show
7
A play that ends happily is known as a...
tragedy
melodrama
comedy
love story
8
What is the purpose of a narrator in a play?
to keep everyone on time
to tell the actors what to do
to remind actors of their lines
to explain the thoughts and feelings of the actors
9
A drama is intended to be preformed.
False
True
10
The purpose of changing scenes in a play is...
to show that the time or place has changed
to show a character's new look
to show a new prop
to show a different mood
11
The problem the characters face is called the...
conflict
exposition
setting
falling action
12
What are the words spoken by a character called?
plot points
acts
dialogue
scenes
13
Plays follow a plot diagram.
True
False
14
What is one thing a drama has that a novel does not?
plot
acting
characters
setting
15
The person who writes the play is...
the playwright
the audience
the narrator
the director
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Like chapters in a novel, a play is divided into _____?
playwrights
scenes
a script
paragraphs
