Drama words

Question 1

message or moral of the play

Answer 1

theme

Question 2

how drama is organized

usually changes if a new location or time is to be presented

Answer 2

scenes

Question 3

words spoken by the characters

Answer 3

lines

Question 4

instruction to the actors and stage crew

in brackets or parenthesis and in italic type

Answer 4

stage directions

Question 5

series of happenings in the play

Answer 5

events

Question 6

conversation between characters

Answer 6

dialogue

Question 7

finds a solution

Answer 7

resolves

Question 8

explicit comparison between 2 unlike things using like, then, or as

Answer 8

simile

Question 9

struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that creates dramatic tension

Answer 9

conflict

Question 10

the person who wrote the play

Answer 10

playwright

Question 11

language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

Answer 11

figurative language

Question 12

implies comparison between 2 unlike thing

Answer 12

metaphor

Question 13

genre presented in dialogue to be performed on stage

problem/solution plot

Answer 13

drama

Question 14

something not human is given human characteristics

Answer 14

personification

Question 15

intentional exaggeration

Answer 15

hyperbole

Question 16

a series of related events

Answer 16

plot

Question 17

what builds the reader’s attention

Answer 17

suspense

Question 18

something designed to be comical or amusing

Answer 18

humor

Question 19

creating a clear image in your mind

Answer 19

vivid imagination

Question 20

a part taken from a longer work

Answer 20

excerpt