The Elements of Drama & Play Structure is one of 9 topics in the Grade 8 Creative Arts CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is a script?
The written text of a play, containing dialogue and stage directions
Only the costume list for a play
A review written about a play after it is performed
The ticket sold for a play
Answer: The written text of a play, containing dialogue and stage directions — A script is the written text of a play, containing the dialogue characters speak and the stage directions that instruct actors.
Easy
2. What is "dialogue" in a play?
The words characters actually speak
Instructions for how actors should move
The setting where a play takes place
The name of the playwright
Answer: The words characters actually speak — Dialogue is the words characters actually speak in a play.
Medium
3. Name the stage of classic plot structure that introduces the characters, setting, and situation at the very beginning of a story.
Answer: exposition — Exposition is the beginning stage of plot structure, introducing the characters, setting, and situation.
