Drama
Characterization
Tone and Mood
Types of Conflict
Miscellaneous
100
Objects that actors use to make the play "come alive."
What are props?
100
Give me an example of direction characterization.
Answers will vary. Direct characterization is narration that directly describes the character.
100
The difference between mood and tone is....
What is tone refers to the authors attitude toward a subject and mood refers to the readers emotion after reading?
100
Angela is having the time of her life on a cruise ship with food and fun all around her. Just as she is preparing for the limbo competition, the ship crashes into an iceberg, which punctures the hull and causes the ship to sink. Now she and a group of strangers must fight for survival on a life raft deep in the ice-cold ocean waters with limited supplies. Can she stay alive until a rescue team arrives?
What is man vs. nature?
100
True or false: When an actor performs, they must read the stage directions to the audience.
What is false?
200
Which one is typically longer, an act or a scene?
What is an act?
200
Indirect characterization is when the author.... A. shows character traits without telling them outright; B. reveals character traits quickly; C. uses the narration to directly reveal a character’s personality; D. relies solely on the character’s actions to show readers what a character is like
What is A. shows character traits without telling them outright?
200
"The laughing wind skipped through the village, teasing trees until they danced with anger and cajoling the grass into fighting itself, blade slapping blade, as the silly dog with golfball eyes and flopping, slobbery tongue bounded across the lawn." What is the tone of this passage?
What is joyful?
200
It's 1938 and Max Schnell is a native German citizen wondering if the world has gone mad around him. His Jewish friends and neighbors have been forbidden to own businesses, work in retail stores, drive cars, go to the movies, or attend public schools. Seeking to raise awareness and to build a resistance against this anti-Semitic movement, Max begins printing an underground newspaper. How long can Max continue his publishing activities without being caught by the Nazis? Will it be long enough to make a difference?
What is man vs. society?
200
Which word means: no emotion, feelings, or bias? A. eery; B. impatient; C. objective; D. lively
What is C. Objective?
300
What do we call the person who writes the drama?
What is a playwright?
300
"Corey came back from the bathroom and noticed that her rainbow pencil was missing. She looked around the room and saw that Beth was using a rainbow pencil. Corey started crying uncontrollably and ran out of the room." What character trait does Corey display? A. Sympathetic; B. Angry; C. Sensitive; D. Kind
What is C. Sensitive?
300
What is the tone of the following passage? "The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room." A. Sleepy B.Humorous; C. Calm D. Angry
What is B. Humorous?
300
John Black is a computer hacker with the latest and most powerful encryption software installed on his system. Unfortunately, he has managed to lose the only copy of his 46-character password. Now John must summon all of his expertise and perhaps get a bit lucky to break into his own system. Will John ever regain access?
What is man vs. technology?
300
What is a person, place, object, or activity, that represents something other than itself?
What is a symbol?
400
What is dialogue and what is the difference between dialogue in a play and dialogue in a traditional fiction story?
Dialogue is a conversation between characters. In traditional fiction it has quotation marks around it.
400
"The teacher told the students that they were not to start testing until everyone received all of the testing materials. He went on to explain that the test booklet was to remain sealed until he had read through all of the directions. Immediately after receiving the test booklet, Chris raised his hand and asked if he could start testing." What character trait is Chis displaying?
What is unaware, inattentive, distracted, etc.?
400
"He furtively glanced behind him, for hear of his imagined pursuers, then hurriedly walked on, jumping at the slightest sound even of a leaf crackling under his own foot." What is the mood of this passage?
What is anxious, tense, or nervous?
400
Beth wanted to look just like the famous pop star Lady Goo-goo, so she went to the hair stylist and requested a drastic new haircut, one that required her shaving half of her head. When she left the hair stylist, it looked pretty good, but now it is the morning of a school day and she finds that she cannot recreate the look. Can Beth pull off the Lady Goo-goo look? Will she be able to muster the courage to go to school if she cannot? Find out in this thrilling epic.
What is man vs. self?
400
What does STEAL stand for (methods of indirect characterization)?
What is Say, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks?
500
What are three possible ways stage directions can be presented in a drama?
What is in brackets, parentheses, and/ or italics?
500
Using 3 of the STEAL methods, indirectly describe a young girl named, Cindy, who is hardworking in school.
Answers will vary. (Ex: She always turns in her homework on time , other students ask her for help on assignments, she always has a focused expression).
500
"My heart is like a singing bird, whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree, whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell, that paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these because my love is come to me." What is the mood of this poem? A. Sorrowful; B. Cheerful; C. Anxious; D. Unamused
What is B. Cheerful?
500
Erik is just a regular Viking warrior making a living off of raiding and plundering villages. Erik's career has been going pretty well, until he attempts to raid the small hamlet of Resistia. In Resistia, a brave farmer named William leads the peasants and drives the Vikings out of Resistia in the most embarrassing of fashions. After vowing revenge, Erik and his men return with reinforcements and incendiary weapons. Can Erik and his fellow warriors crush this small farming town?
What is man vs. man?
500
"At the cabin, Daniel took off his boots and began to warm himself by the fire. Worried he might have missed his chance at a trophy buck, Daniel made preparations for dinner. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, through the window he noticed something moving in the back yard. Despite the rapidly fading sunlight, he could see it was a huge deer! Quickly and quietly Daniel pulled back on his bow and his arrow went sailing through the air. Now, Daniel has another prized mount hanging on his wall." Based on the passage, describe the setting.
What is snowy, cold, forest, isolated, etc?
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