What is a story written to be performed in front of an audience?
Pantomime
Poem
Melodrama
Drama
What is a dialogue?
A speech spoken to oneself
A line delivered to be heard only by the audience
A speech given to other characters
A conversation between two or more people or characters
What do ancient Greek theater and Japanese Noh have in common?
Nothing
Masks
Musical Numbers
Chorus
A person or animal in a play
Persona
Trope
Role
Character
What is the time and place of a play?
Stage
Setting
Scene
Act
This is what the actors wear.
Tropes
Roles
Personae
Costumes
What is the background of the play?
Setting
Scenery
Costumes
Props
What is the word used to describe various items on the stage, such as furniture?
Scenery
Sets
Props
Backdrop
What is the play's main struggle?
Action
Climax
Conflict
Theme
What is the term for introducing the basic situation of a play or a story?
Paraphrase
Summary
Exposition
Synopsis
What is the play's most exciting part?
Climax
Final Scene
Conflict
Denouement
Acts in a play are broken up into smaller parts called ______________.
Roles
Parts
Scenes
Lines
This is when a character speaks to himself or herself on stage.
Pantomime
Aside
Soliloquy
Monologue
This is a comment made by a character but not heard by other characters onstage.
Aside
Stage Whisper
Soliloquy
Monologue
A speech performed to an audience is ___________.
Monologue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Aside
This is the word for the main events of a play.
Plot
Act
Scene
Theme
