Drama Quiz

Plot

The events of a play or arrangement of action

Setting

• When and where the action of a play takes place.

Conflict

● The internal or external struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that creates dramatic tension.

Monologue

A long speech made by one actor

Dialogue

Spoken conversation used by two or more characters to express thoughts, feelings, and actions

Types of Drama

COMEDY

● A play that commonly has a happy ending.

● Modern comedies tend to be funny, while traditional comedies simply ended well.

TRAGEDY

● A play that does not have a happy ending.

● A form of drama exciting pity and/or fear in the audience - aimed to teach

a lesson through the protagonist’s “tragic flaw”

Blocking

The director’s planned movement and actions of the actors onstage

Project

•Increase voice or actions so that they will carry to the audience

Gesture

•Movement of separate parts of the body such as waving an arm or shrugging

the shoulders

Expression

• Physical (face and body) and vocal aspects used by an actor to convey

mood, feeling, or personality.