Drama Conventions

Question 1

Aside

Answer 1

A remark to the audience only

Question 2

Conventions

Answer 2

Alternative ways of presenting parts of a drama

Question 3

Flashback

Answer 3

Acting out an event of the past

Question 4

Flash forward

Answer 4

Acting out a future or imagined event

Question 5

Monologue

Answer 5

A character speaking their thoughts aloud

Question 6

Narration

Answer 6

Part(s) of the drama that are told as a story by a narrator

Question 7

Slow motion

Answer 7

Movement performed at a slowed-down speed

Question 8

Soliloquy

Answer 8

A single lengthy speech, made when no other characters are on stage

Question 9

Tableau

Answer 9

A stage picture, held without movement

Question 10

Thought tracking

Answer 10

An aid to characterisation in which the characters who comment on their situation

Question 11

Soliloquy

Answer 11

A single lengthy speed, made when no other characters are on stage

Question 12

Tableau

Answer 12

A stage picture, held without movement

Question 13

Thought tracking

Answer 13

An aid to characterisation in which the character speaks with their thoughts out loud

Question 14

Thought tunnel

Answer 14

Character(s) walking past other characters who comment on their situation

Question 15

Voice-over

Answer 15

Recorded speech played during a drama

Question 16

Voices in the head

Answer 16

Recall of words said by others about a character or situation