Elements of Drama Worksheets - 15 Worksheets Library - Free Printable

Let’s go through each question one by one and match the correct term from the word bank to its definition.

The word bank has these terms:
- stage directions
- scenes
- setting
- narrator
- acts
- drama
- actors
- dialog

Now, let’s solve each numbered item:

1. “______ is the time and place where the story takes place.”
→ That’s the setting. (Example: A castle in medieval times = setting)

2. “______ are instructions that tell the actors and actresses what to do.”
→ Those are stage directions. (They’re like notes in the script telling actors how to move or speak.)

3. “A ______ is a story acted out in front of an audience.”
→ That’s drama. (Drama is the general word for plays performed live.)

4. “A ______ is not a character in the story, but they tell the audience things they need to know about the story.”
→ That’s the narrator. (Think of someone off-stage explaining what’s happening.)

5. “A(n) ______ is a large portion of a play, like a chapter in a book.”
→ That’s an act. (Plays are often divided into Acts — Act I, Act II, etc.)

6. “A(n) ______ is a smaller portion of a play, in which the characters and/or setting have changed.”
→ That’s a scene. (Within an act, you might have Scene 1, Scene 2 — usually when location or time changes.)

7. “______ is the lines (words) that a character speaks in a play.”
→ That’s dialog. (It’s the conversation between characters.)

8. “The ______ are the people who portray the characters in the play.”
→ Those are the actors. (They perform the roles on stage.)

Let’s double-check we used all words correctly and didn’t repeat any:

Used so far:
1. setting ✔
2. stage directions ✔
3. drama ✔
4. narrator ✔
5. acts ✔
6. scenes ✔
7. dialog ✔
8. actors ✔

All 8 terms matched perfectly with no repeats. Good!

Final Answer:
1. setting
2. stage directions
3. drama
4. narrator
5. acts
6. scenes
7. dialog
8. actors