Basic Drama Vocabulary

Basic Drama Vocabulary

by NABILA AWAD ALZOUBI

​Objectives

​I will be able to identify the basic theater vocabulary

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Today's Big Question:

​Why do we need to know the basic theater vocabulary?

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​Conflict

​A major literary element of narrative or dramatic structure that creates challenges in a story by adding uncertainty

​Costumes

​What the actors wear when performing.

​Dialogue

​The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters.

​Improvisation

​Work that hasn't been scripted.

​Makeup

​Used to assist in creating the appearance of the characters that actors portray during a theater production.

​Mimicry

​The art of imitation, which is practiced by comedians who impersonate famous people onstage.

​Monologue

​A speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person

​Plot

​The sequence of interconnected events within the story of a play.

​Propts

​The items held or used by actors onstage to make the action more realistic.

​Role

​The identification and portrayal of a person's values, attitudes, intentions and actions.

​Role-playing

​When pupils are assigned a role and, during a small scenario, act as they think the person they are being would act in such a situation.

​Scenery

​Used as a setting for a theatrical production.

​Script

​A piece of writing in the form of drama.

​Sound

​Used to create a setting and develop character.

​Storyline

​The plot or subplot of a story. The narrative of a work, whether of fictional or nonfictional basis.

​Storytelling

​The listener imagines the story.

Open Ended

Which vocabulary do you understand best?

Multiple Choice

Monologue

• The identification and portrayal of a person's values, attitudes, intentions and actions.

• A speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person

• The art of imitation, which is practiced by comedians who impersonate famous people onstage.

• The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters.

Poll

The listener imagines the story.

• Storytelling

• scenery

• script

• A character in the play introducing the story

​Move to your breakout roo and achieve the following task for each group:

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Green Group

Write a short paragraph using three vocabulary words you learned today; choose a topic you like!

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Write a short paragraph using at least six vocabulary words you learned today; choose a topic you like!

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Write a short paragraph using at least ten vocabulary words you learned today; choose a topic you like!

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