Name:____________________________________________
Period:________
Date:________
Drama Study Vocabulary Quiz for 9/25/15
Match the term from the word bank to the correct definition.
Actor
Comedy
Conflict
Director
Downstage
Pantomime
Protagonist
Monologue
Script
Stage Right
Tragedy
Character
Dialogue
Scene
Costume
Props (Properties)
Playwright
Rehearsal
Improvisation
Exposition
1. Detailed information revealing the facts of a plot:_________________________
2. Items carried on stage by an actor; small items on the set used by actors:________________________
3. Acting without words through facial expression, gesture and movement:________________________
4. A theatrical work that is intentionally humorous:________________________
5. The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the audience:______________________
6. The main character of a play and the character with whom the audience identifies
most strongly:_________________________
7. Practice sessions in which the actors and technicians prepare for public performance
through repetition:_________________________
8. A personality or role an actor recreates:_______________________
9. A person who writes a play:_________________________
10. A drama in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow:___________________
11. A long speech by a single character:________________________
12. A spontaneous style of theater through which scenes are created without advance
rehearsal or a script:__________________________
13. The person who oversees the entire process of staging a production:_________________________
14. The smaller divisions of an act which present an episode of the play’s plot and typically
occurs at a single time and place:_________________________
15. The stage area towards the audience:_________________________
16. Clothing worn by an actor on stage during a performance:_________________________
17. A person who performs a role in a play, work of theater, or movie:_______________________
18. Opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic action:_________________________
19: The text of a play which includes the cast of characters, dialogue and stage directions:________________
20: The conversation among the actors on stage:________________________