Creating drama: devising, conventions and style quiz - SQA National 5 Drama quiz

A starting point that sparks ideas for new drama

The final performance handed to the marker

A script written by a professional playwright

The lighting plan for a scene

Striking the set

Improvisation

Printing the programme

Selling tickets

They decide who pays for the production

They have no effect on the drama itself

They drive choices about content, language, style and structure

They only matter for the lighting design

The order in which events happen

The mood of the story

The type of piece, such as a play, monologue or improvisation

The colour of the costumes

Tragedy

Flashback

Naturalism

Monologue

The manner of presentation

The order in which the drama is arranged

The type of piece being made

The make-up worn by performers

Episodic

Comedy

Physical theatre

Duologue

Structure is the order of events; style is the manner of presentation

Structure is the mood; style is the type of piece

They mean exactly the same thing

Structure is the costume; style is the lighting

A short remark to the audience unheard by other characters

A speech, usually alone, in which a character voices their inner thoughts

A still, silent group image

A scene performed in slow motion

A long speech delivered alone on stage

A flashback to an earlier event

A short remark to the audience that other characters do not hear

A posed still image

It focuses the audience's attention on a key moment or image

It speeds the action up

It changes the costumes

It removes the need for lighting

The set design for the next scene

A character's private thoughts at a paused moment

The genre of the piece

The running time of the play

Because naming devices is banned in the exam

Because conventions have no names

Because marks are awarded for the effect on the audience, not the label

Because the marker chooses the conventions for you

Decide the curtain call

Buy the costumes

Memorise a professional script

Interrogate the stimulus by asking questions about it

Perform, then plan, then choose a stimulus

Generate ideas, then develop them, then refine through rehearsal

Refine, then generate, then ignore the audience

Choose costumes, then a genre, then nothing else