National Four/Five Vocab

National Four/Five Drama Vocabulary Test

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Question One What is the term for a way of speaking used in a local area or country?

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Question Two What is the name given to the people watching a drama?

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Question Three What is the term for keeping an even distribution of weight?

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Question Four What are the terms for these definitions? The lighting/sound is faded out slowly The lighting/sound is faded out quickly Blackout is achieved instantly Created by L McCarry

Question Five Identify the areas of the stage

C.S

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Question Six What is the term for the process of fully developing a character?

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Question Seven What is the term for a drama which is funny/comical?

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Question Eight What does it mean to change from one lighting cue to another with no blackout in between, or to change from one sound cue to another with no silence in between?

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Question Nine What is a conversation between two or more characters called?

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Question Ten What is the final rehearsal of a drama with all the theatre arts called?

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Question Eleven Audience seated at one end – acting area at the other is called…

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Question Twelve Identify these ground plan symbols:

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Question Thirteen What is the name given to a powerful profile used to follow actors around the acting area?

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Question Fourteen What is the term for a character who speaks their thoughts aloud?

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Question Fifteen An item carried or worn by a character e.g. glasses, handbag, wallet is called a….

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Question Sixteen Stage within an enclosing arch is called….

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Question Seventeen What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting?

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Question Eighteen What is the term for the written or spoken advice on how to act a drama?

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Question Nineteen What term is given to the change of voice to express emotion?

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Question Twenty Recall of words said by others about a character or situation is called….

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Answers Now check your answers to see how many you got right out of twenty

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Question One What is the term for a way of speaking used in a local area or country?

Accent Created by L McCarry

Question Two What is the name given to the people watching a drama?

Audience Created by L McCarry

Question Three What is the term for keeping an even distribution of weight?

Balance Created by L McCarry

Question Four What are the terms for these definitions? The lighting/sound is faded out slowly The lighting/sound is faded out quickly Blackout is achieved instantly Created by L McCarry

Snap to

Slow fade to

Fast fade to

Question Five Identify the areas of the stage U.S.R C.S.R D.S.R

U.S.C

U.S.L

C.S

C.S.L D.S.L

D.S.C Audience

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Question Six What is the term for the process of fully developing a character?

Characterisation Created by L McCarry

Question Seven What is the term for a drama which is funny/comical?

Comedy Created by L McCarry

Question Eight What does it mean to change from one lighting cue to another with no blackout in between, or to change from one sound cue to another with no silence in between?

Crossfade Created by L McCarry

Question Nine What is a conversation between two or more characters called?

Dialogue Created by L McCarry

Question Ten What is the final rehearsal of a drama with all the theatre arts called?

Dress rehearsal Created by L McCarry

Question Eleven Audience seated at one end – acting area at the other is called…

End on Created by L McCarry

Question Twelve Identify these ground plan symbols:

Flat Door Flat Window Flat Created by L McCarry

Question Thirteen What is the name given to a powerful profile used to follow actors around the acting area?

Follow spot Created by L McCarry

Question Fourteen What is the term for a character who speaks their thoughts aloud?

Monologue Created by L McCarry

Question Fifteen An item carried or worn by a character e.g. glasses, handbag, wallet is called a….

Personal prop Created by L McCarry

Question Sixteen Stage within an enclosing arch is called….

Proscenium Arch Created by L McCarry

Question Seventeen What the audience sees of the stage from where they are sitting?

Sightlines Created by L McCarry

Question Eighteen What is the term for the written or spoken advice on how to act a drama?

Stage directions Created by L McCarry

Question Nineteen What term is given to the change of voice to express emotion?

Tone Created by L McCarry

Question Twenty Recall of words said by others about a character or situation is called….

Voices in the head Created by L McCarry