Drama Basics
This is another word for a play written to be performed by actors.
What is a drama?
Major sections of a play are called these.
What are acts?
A word made by combining two or more words to create a new meaning.
What is a compound word?
Meg gives Tommy Henderson a black eye for this reason.
What is he insulted Charles Wallace?
A story written specifically to be performed on stage.
What is a play?
This describes the time and place where a story happens.
What is the Setting?
Smaller sections within acts are called these.
What are scenes?
“Bedtime” and “sunflower” are examples of this type of compound word.
What are closed compound words?
Meg learns this surprising truth about her father.
What is he is trapped on another planet?
Information in a play that explains actions, movement, or tone.
What are stage directions?
These are the people or roles that take part in the story’s action.
What are the characters?
The conversation between characters in a play.
What is a Dialogue?
“Fairy tale” and “full moon” are examples of this type.
What are open compound words?
Calvin goes to the haunted house because of this.
What is he had a strong feeling telling him to go there?
Multiple settings mean the story takes place in more than one of these.
What are places or times?
This is the author’s purpose when writing a drama.
What is to tell a story meant to be performed for an audience?
These tell actors how to move, speak, or react during a play.
What are stage directions?
“Well-known” and “long-lasting” are examples of this type.
What are hyphenated compound words?
At the end of Part 1, Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin plan to do this.
What is fight the darkness?
Dialogue helps readers understand this about characters.
What are their personalities?
This is the sequence of events in a play that is driven by conflict.
What is the plot?
Studying this can help readers understand characters’ personalities.
What is dialogue?
The meaning of a compound word usually comes from these.
What are both words together?
The strange woman who begins explaining the mystery to the children.
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
This problem or struggle drives the events of the plot.
What is conflict?