Drama
A type of play that is dramatic.
drama
These are the instructions for the director, actors, and stage crew.
What are stage directions?
How is the action of a play divided?
What are acts?
An event that reveals an actors ability to do something
What is audition?
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
The main idea or point of a script
What is theme?
How are stage directions printed?
What is in parentheses?
How are acts in a play divided?
What are scenes?
A fake beard, a wig, and clothes from another time and place are examples of this
What is a costume?
The person who writes the play or the author f the play is called the what?
Who is the playwright?
Drama is performed in front of an __________.
Audience
What do the stage directions tell the actor?
How to speak and move, describe scenery (items that create the setting) and props (objects actors use), lighting and sound
When does the scene change in a play?
When the setting changes
The struggle between opposing forces, ideas or interests that creates dramatic tension
What is conflict?
A type of drama that uses darker themes, such as disaster, pain, and death. Protagonists often have a tragic flaw — a characteristic that leads them to their downfall.
What is tragedy?
The background, time, and place of where the action of a story, play, movie, or show takes place. It's the where and when of a story.
What is setting?
A glass of water, a sword, or a phone are examples of this
What is props?
The person who tells the audience the story is named what?
Who is the Narrator?
The spectators, listeners, and intended readers of a writing, performance, or speech.
What is auidence?
Actors use these with, and sometimes without, speaking to help convey messages or emotions. Sometimes these are done with the body (such as nodding, waving, or shrugging) but also with facial expressions (such as smiling or frowning).
What is gestures?
It is the written version of a play, movie, or show. Actors learn their lines from this and it tells them what to do and say. It describes all the details about the story.
What is script?
Read the following scene from the play, "The Necklace" and answer the following question.
One day, Mathilde's husband came home with a broad smile and a large envelope in his hand.
Husband: "Look! Here's something for you, dear." [Mathilde eagerly tears open the envelope and reads]
What line above is an example of stage direction?
What is Mathilde eagerly tears open the envelope and reads?
Define plot
What is a series of events, arranged in chronological order, that take place in a literary work? In other words...the introduction, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution
a type of play that is lighter in tone than ordinary plays, and provides a happy conclusion that often results in laughter.
What is comedy?
if an actor knows they can do something then they know they have the what?
What is ability?