Elements Of Drama

Question 1

Three major areas of drama

Answer 1

Literary elements
Technical elements
Performance elements

Question 2

Aristotle’s Six elements of drama
(LITERARY ELEMENTS)

Answer 2

Plot
Dialogue
Theme
Music/Rhythm
Characters
Spectacle

Question 3

Refers to the action

Answer 3

Plot

Question 4

Refers to the meaning of the play

Answer 4

Theme

Question 5

The people (sometimes animals or ideas)

Answer 5

Characters

Question 6

This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play.

Answer 6

Dialogue

Question 7

Various forms of dialogue

Answer 7

Soliloquy
Aside

Question 8

A character that is typically alone on stage delivers along speech

Answer 8

Soliloquy

Question 9

This is spoken by a character or to the audience but is not heard by the other characters on stage.

Answer 9

Aside

Question 10

While music is often featured in drama, in this case Aristotle was referring to the rhythm of the actor’s voices as they speak

Answer 10

Music/Rhythm

Question 11

This refers to the visual elements of a play: set, costumes, special effects, etc.

Answer 11

Spectacle

Question 12

Elements of drama in the modern theater

Answer 12

Character
Plot
Theme
Dialogue
Convention
Audience
Genre

Question 13

Is the original creator of a work, such as a novel, painting, or a story.

Answer 13

Author

Question 14

Is a form of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship.

Answer 14

Copyright

Question 15

Is a writer who specializes in writing PLAYS for theatrical productions.

Answer 15

Playwright

Question 16

Refers to the types of play.

Answer 16

Genre

Question 17

Is the group of people who watch the play

Answer 17

Audience

Question 18

The theatrical equipment, such as outrains, flats backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic production to communicate environment

Answer 18

Scenery

Question 19

Clothing and accessories are worn by actors to portray characters and period

Answer 19

Costumes

Question 20

Are any article, except costumes or scenery used as part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance from a telephone to a train

Answer 20

Properties

Question 21

Means that ever placement, intensity, and color of lights have to be set as needed to help communicate environment mood or feeling

Answer 21

Lights

Question 22

The effect An audience hears during performance to communicate character, context, or environment.

Answer 22

Sound

Question 23

Includes costumes, wigs, and body paint used to transform an actor into a character.

Answer 23

Makeup

Question 24

Performance elements

Answer 24

Acting
Character motivation
Character analysis
Empathy

Question 25

The use of face, body, and voice to portray character

Answer 25

Acting

Question 26

The reason or reasons for a character’s behavior

Answer 26

Character motivation

Question 27

In responding to dramatic out, the process of examining how the elements of drama- literary, technical, and performance- are used

Answer 27

Character analysis

Question 28

The capacity to relate to the feeling of another

Answer 28

Empathy