AQA GCSE Drama studying a set play overview quiz quiz

Component 1 Section A

Component 1 Section C

Component 1 Section B

Component 3 Texts in practice

Plot is the main theme of the play, while structure is the language and word choices used

Plot is the setting where it takes place, while structure is simply the list of characters in it

They mean exactly the same thing and there is no real difference between the two words at all

Plot is the sequence of events; structure is how those events are arranged into acts and scenes

They are the playwright's clues for performance, guiding setting, movement and delivery

They are optional notes that the actors are completely free to read and then simply ignore

They only ever describe the costumes that each of the characters is wearing on stage

They take the place of the dialogue and are spoken aloud instead of the lines

Summarise the whole plot of the play from the very beginning right through to the very end

Imagine being a performer, designer or director and justify their choices for a moment

Evaluate a live theatre production that they went to see earlier on in the course

Write a full devising log about their own original devised piece of drama

Posture

Gesture

Pause

Use of space

The full list of all the characters who appear at any point during the whole play

The stage directions of the play and nothing else beyond them at all

The total number of separate acts that the whole play is divided into

The time, place, society and beliefs in which the play was written and set

Used to support interpretation and design or directorial choices

Listed out as a series of separate dates and facts with no link to the play

Ignored completely, as it is not relevant to the choices being justified

Only briefly mentioned right at the very end in the conclusion of the answer

The colours of the lighting that are used across the stage

Where actors stand and how they move on stage

The fabrics and materials that the costumes are made from

The sound effects that are played during the production

Simply saying that the costumes in the production looked nice and suited the play

Describing the whole production in full rather than focusing on one precise moment

Naming a precise choice and explaining its intended effect on the audience

Avoiding the use of any technical theatre vocabulary anywhere in the answer

Using far too much evidence drawn from right across the whole play

Naming the character clearly at the start of each point being made

Mentioning the character's motivation for behaving in the way they do

Making vague points not anchored to specific moments or lines

Analysing reads the play closely as theatre; interpreting decides how to perform, design or direct a moment

They are completely identical tasks and there is no real difference between the two of them at all

Analysing is something done only for the written exam, while interpreting is done only for the devising log

Interpreting just means summarising the plot of the play and retelling the main events in order

The overall length of the play and how long it takes to perform on stage

The intended effect on the audience and the student's interpretation

The total number of characters who are on the stage at that moment

The time limit that the student has been given to complete the exam