8th Grade ELA Drama Review

DRAMA Terms

100

The author of a play

PLAYWRIGHT

200

This is a long dramatic speech by one character.

MONOLOGUE

300

The story of a play is told through this. These are the words that the characters speak to one another.

What is DIALOGUE.

400

These are smaller units that a play is usually divided into. These "units" can also be divided into even smaller units called SCENES.

 ACTS

500

These are guides to the performance of a play. They give background, indicate character movement, and tell about the sets, costumes, lighting, and sound effects.

What are STAGE DIRECTIONS

Reading Skills

100

These are all the parts of a plot diagram.

What is EXPOSITION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, and RESOLUTION.

200

This is the voice/attitude of the story that the author intended

TONE

300

P.O.V where the narrator only knows one person's thoughts and actions

3rd person LIMITED

400

We use S.T.E.A.L to characterize a character. What does each letter stand for?

Says, thoughts, effects, actions, looks

500

P.O.V where the narrator knows all character's thoughts and actions

3rd person Omniscient

Authors

100

This author wrote BOTH "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "The HitchHiker"

Lucille Flechter

200

This writer is best known for their poetry and short stories... particularly tales of mystery and "macbre"

Edgar Allen Poe

300

Who won the "Edgar Allen Poe" Award?

Lucille Fletcher

400

List 3 stories that Roald Dahl wrote

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The LandLady, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, The Witches, Fantastic Mr. Fox

500

This author usually writes stories with mean adults and children taken advantage of

Roald Dahl

Stories

100

The protagonist of "Sorry, Wrong Number"

Mrs. Stevenson

200

What's the title of a story that contained a mouse and a man who got a surgery to get smarter?

Flowers for Algernon

300

What is the name of the very first story we read in this class?

Charles

400

How many victims does the Land Lady have?

3

500

What was 1 full name written in the guestbook at the landlady's house?

Extra 100 points if you know both full names

Gregory Temple

Christopher Mulholland

Random

100

P.O.V that uses the word "You, and You're" and talks to the reader

2nd person P.O.V

200

What is the full name of the protagonist in the LandLady?

Billy Weaver

300

List 3 villains/antagonists in the stories we have read so far...

The Landlady, The Narrator in Tell Tale Heart, Mr. Stevenson

400

A clue that something in the future will happen

FORESHADOWING

500

List the Titles of 7 stories we have read in class so far...

Charles, The HitchHiker, Flowers for Algernon, The Medicine Bag, Harriet Tubman, A Computer in your Head, The Landlady, The Tell-Tale Heart, Mrs. Flowers, Sorry, Wrong Number.