Drama Vocabulary
This quiz consists of fill in the blank questions covering vocabulary that describes elements of literary drama.
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An author's distinctive style or particualr speech patterns of a character in a story.
- A.
Voice
- B.
Theme
- C.
Style
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A. Voice -
- 2.
The author's choice and arrangement of words and sentences in a literary work.
- A.
Voice
- B.
Style
- C.
Theme
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B. Style -
- 3.
The main message of a story, poem, novel, or play.
- A.
Voice
- B.
Style
- C.
Theme
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C. Theme -
- 4.
A comparison using like or as.
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Alliteration
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A. Simile -
- 5.
A comparison of two unlike things.
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Alliteration
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B. Metaphor -
- 6.
A major unit of drama.
- A.
Act
- B.
Scene
- C.
Monologue
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A. Act -
- 7.
A subdivison of an act.
- A.
Act
- B.
Scene
- C.
Monologue
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B. Scene -
- 8.
A long speech by a single character in a play.
- A.
Act
- B.
Scene
- C.
Monologue
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C. Monologue -
- 9.
The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Soliloquy
- C.
Exposition
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A. Plot -
- 10.
The act of speaking alone or to oneself.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Soliloquy
- C.
Exposition
Correct Answer
B. Soliloquy -
- 11.
The part of the plot in which the characters, setting, and situation are introduced.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Soliloquy
- C.
Exposition
Correct Answer
C. Exposition -
- 12.
The central struggle between opposing forces in a story or drama.
- A.
Conflict
- B.
Dialogue
- C.
Dramatic irony
Correct Answer
A. Conflict -
- 13.
Conversations between characters in a literary work.
- A.
Conflict
- B.
Dialogue
- C.
Dramatic irony
Correct Answer
B. Dialogue -
- 14.
The audience knows something that the characters do not.
- A.
Conflict
- B.
Dialogue
- C.
Dramatic irony
Correct Answer
C. Dramatic irony -
- 15.
Tells about something that happened before the story began.
- A.
Flashback
- B.
Stage directions
- C.
Aside
Correct Answer
A. Flashback -
- 16.
In a play, a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience but not by the other characters onstage.
- A.
Flashback
- B.
Stage directions
- C.
Aside
Correct Answer
C. Aside -
- 17.
Instructions written to describe the appearance and actions of the characters.
- A.
Flashback
- B.
Stage directions
- C.
Aside
Correct Answer
B. Stage directions -
- 18.
The words of an actor's part in a drama.
- A.
Line
- B.
Props
- C.
Script
Correct Answer
A. Line -
- 19.
Objects or elements of the scenery of a stage play.
- A.
Line
- B.
Props
- C.
Script
Correct Answer
B. Props -
- 20.
The use of images to represent internal realities.
- A.
Symbolism
- B.
Personification
- C.
Biography
Correct Answer
A. Symbolism -
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