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Elements of Drama--Unit 4 Summative
Elements of Drama--Unit 4 Summative
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A quiz to review the notes about the Elements of Drama for 8th grade English Language Arts.
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When a writer alters the true story a bit for the purpose of marketing it, it is called
dramatic license
direct characterization
dramatic irony
dramatic lines
2
The highest point of tension in a play is its
resolution
cliffhanger
climax
rising action
3
Man vs. man represents what type of conflict?
external conflict
situational conflict
verbal conflict
internal conflict
4
Identify one part of a how a play is organized:
dialogue
narration
stage directions
scene
5
What are smaller divisions of a play? (The major divisions are divided into these.)
acts
settings
scenes
narration
6
The written version of a play is called the
script
screen play
narration
stage directions
7
Where are the cast of characters listed in a play?
beginning
middle
end
they are not listed.
8
What appears inside (parentheses) and they tell the actor what to do or how to say the lines?
stage directions
dialogue directions
stage lines
monologue lines
9
The character who is the force working against the protagonist is the
flat character
antagonist
round character
static character
10
What are the lines the characters speak in the play called?
dialogue
stage directions
diatribe
narration directions
11
What is the author of a play called?
write the play
narrator of play
playwright
authorwright
12
What is a term for knowledge that the audience has that the actors do NOT have?
flashback irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
13
When a writer tells you all about a character it is called
indirect characetization
dramatic license
direct characterization
dramatic irony
14
A character who does not change during the course of a piece is said to be
dynamic
round
flat
static
15
A character who shows many sides to him/her is
static
flat
dynamic
round
16
When the writer reveals a character through his thoughts, words, and actions it is called
direct characterization
dramatic license
indirect characterization
a flashback
17
The primary character, around whom most of the action revolves, is the
protagonist
dynamic character
flat character
antagonist
18
What is a play divided into (major divisions of a play)?
narration
scenes
events on a plot line
acts
19
A character who changes during the course of the piece is said to be
flat
static
round
dynamic
20
Who provides the audience with information about what is happening in the play?
protagonist
characters
nominator
narrator
21
When the action of a play takes you to an earlier time it is called
flashback
frontloading
foreshadowing
falling action
22
Another word for the time and place a drama takes place.
setting
exposition
scene
script
23
Internal conflict is a type of conflict between a character and
another character
nature
himself/ herself
society or government
