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Vocabulary
Elements of Drama
Stage Directions
Types of Drama
Drama Terms
100
The person who writes the play
Who is the playwright?
100
Stage directions are written inside these punctuation marks.
What are brackets?
100
Written inside brackets.
What is stage directions?
100
A type of drama that is light in tone or funny.
What is comedy?
100
A small item an actor uses to help make the scene more real.
What is a prop?
200
The main character in a play
What is the protagonist?
200
Name one type of drama that is not performed on stage.
What is a teleplay, radioplay or screenplay?
200
Information about where the action takes place or how it is done.
What are stage directions?
200
The oldest forms of drama.
What is tragedy?
200
Where the acting happens.
What is a stage?
300
A conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
300
Name five elements that are specific to drama.
What is Playwright, Dialogue, Scenes, Props and Stage Directions?
300
A [L] in the stage directions.
What is left stage?
300
A story with a sad ending.
What is a tragedy?
400
A drama's story structure.
What are acts and scenes?
400
A long speech by a single character that reveals his or her thoughts and feelings.
What is a monologue?
400
The person that reads the stage directions aloud.
What is no one?
400
A type of drama that involves a villain, heroine, and a hero.
What is melodrama?
400
A piece of writing that is made for television, radio, or cinema.
What is drama?
500
A person who plays a character.
Who is an actor?
500
The two types of conflict in a drama.
What is internal and external conflict.
500
Write an example of a stage direction.
What is [insert example here]?
500
When the first types of drama were invented.
What is over 2,000 years ago?
500
The scenery and setting of a dramatic production.
What is a set?