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Drama terms

Quiz by Nicole Galbraith

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  • Q1
    building, structure, or space in which dramatic performances take place.
    theater
    30s
  • Q2
    a story written to be performed by actors
    drama
    30s
  • Q3
    major section of a play made of several scenes
    Act
    30s
  • Q4
    subdivision of an act, changes if another time or location is presented
    scene
    30s
  • Q5
    a play that is humorous
    comedy
    30s
  • Q6
    a play that doesn't have a happy ending
    tragedy
    30s
  • Q7
    when what happens is different from what is expected.
    irony
    30s
  • Q8
    a contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.
    dramatic irony
    30s
  • Q9
    written text of a play
    script
    30s
  • Q10
    lines spoken by the actors
    dialogue
    30s
  • Q11
    a speech given by a single actor on the stage
    monologue
    30s
  • Q12
    In drama an extended speech by a solitary character expressing inner thoughts aloud to him-or herself and to the audience; a monologue.
    Soliloquy
    30s
  • Q13
    A monologue performed by a character while other characters are on stage; the information in an aside is not heard by the other characters on stage, even though they are on stage
    aside
    30s
  • Q14
    how an actor says his or her lines.
    delivery
    30s
  • Q15
    to deliver lines with feelings appropriate to the scene
    emote
    30s

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