Structure of Drama
The person who writes a play.
What is a playwright?
A series of events that make up the story in a play.
What is plot?
What the actors/actresses wear in a play to look like their characters.
What are costumes?
The internal/external struggle between characters is called?
What is conflict/problem?
A break in between acts in a play.
What is intermission?
This provides the dialogue of the play---describing the characters, setting, and problem in the play.
What is the script?
Time and place in a drama is called the....
What is setting?
Objects actors/actresses use as their character might use them. Examples: broom, desk, book
What are props?
Playwright's technique for making the characters seem real or believable is called?
What is characterization?
How an audience shows they really thought the play was performed well. (this involves clapping)
What is a standing ovation?
These lines are NOT to be spoken out loud. They tell the actor/actress how to act or where to be.
What are stage directions?
These people play the characters in a drama.
Who are actors/actresses?
This shows where the play is taking place. Examples: outdoors, in a house.
What are sets?
A type of drama that is funny and has humor is called?
What is comedy?
Stage directions are usually written inside these.
What are parenthesis/brackets?
Plays are divided into these. They are like chapters in a book.
What are acts?
Actors may play fictional people, people who actually once lived, or animals. These are examples of...
What are characters?
When characters in a play are talking it is called this.
What is dialogue?
Type of drama in which the events lead to the downfall of the main character is called?
What is tragedy?
Backstage, these people who change the sets and props are called this.
A crew member.
Acts are divided into these smaller parts.
What are scenes?
Where a drama can be seen.
What is a theater?
What is a drama/play?
Drama comes from the Greek word dran. This means?
What is "to do" or "to act"?
When one person by himself/herself is doing the talking on stage. It is called this.
What is a monologue?