Drama Terms

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a story that is acted out in front of an audience; a play

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drama

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a person who writes a play; the author of the drama

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playwright

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the actors in a drama; typically listed at the beginning of the play

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cast of characters

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the character or person of which an actor plays the part

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role

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Term for: gives the audience information about the actions happening in a play; also gives insight into the characters' thoughts and feelings

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narrator

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instructions that tell the actors what to do, where to go, how to move, or how to say the lines; usually in parenthesis ( ) or brackets[ ]

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stage directions

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Different divided parts of a play; setting or costume changes frequently occur with an act or scene change.

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acts/scenes

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the written form of the play; contains a list of characters, lines the characters speak, and stage directions

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script

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the written and spoken words that make up a character's performance

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lines

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the lines of text the characters speak in the play; the characters' names appear before the lines they speak

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dialogue