Drama Cards

Question 1

Drama

Answer 1

Preformed actors for an audience . Told through characters words and action.

Question 2

Cast

Answer 2

The performers in a drama

Question 3

Act

Answer 3

The main divisions of a drama

Question 4

Scene

Answer 4

The smaller divisions within an act

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

The place and time where the action takes place. Mood or also known as the atmosphere

Question 6

Dialogue

Answer 6

Lines spoken by the characters. What they say, how they say it, and how other people respond. Revealing aspects of a characters personality, clues to a characters education, background, or nationality.

Question 7

Stage directions

Answer 7

The directions telling characters how to speak or act . The directions telling how sound, lighting, and props are used

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

Series of events where the characters try to solve a problem or attain a goal. Acts and scenes usually show a change in setting, in the characters, or in a plot.

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

Introduces the characters,setting, and conflict.

Question 10

Rising action

Answer 10

Includes the plot events that lead to the climax

Question 11

Climax

Answer 11

The turning point in the plot events when the conflict is at its highest- point of no return

Question 12

Falling action

Answer 12

Is the plot that leads to the resolution

Question 13

Resolution

Answer 13

How the conflict is or is not resolved

Question 14

Idiom

Answer 14

Common phrase that has different meaning than the meaning of its individual words.

Question 15

Adage

Answer 15

Also known as proverb. Old sayings that expresses an accepted truth about life

Question 16

Point of view- perspective

Answer 16

Characters point of view can explore the characters thoughts and feelings

Question 17

Monologue

Answer 17

Central message the author wants to tell. Alluded to in the title and at the beginning of the play. Repeated phrases,details, or symbols may also help identify

Question 18

Soliloquy

Answer 18

A speech in which a character reveals his or her thoughts and feelings to the audience but not to the other charecters

Question 19

Aside

Answer 19

Is a comment made to the audience but not heard by the other characters

Question 20

Dramatic irony

Answer 20

Created when the audience knows more than one or more of the characters do

Question 21

Verbal irony

Answer 21

When a character says the opposite of what he or she really means - sarcasm or humour

Question 22

Theme

Answer 22

Central message the author wants to tell. Alluded to in the title and at the beginning of the play. Repeated phrases,details, or symbols may also help identify the theme