Elements of Drama Unit Vocabulary

the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, thoughts

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• antagonist

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

people, animals, or objects who do the acting in a play

• characters

• antagonist

• protagonist

• round characters

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

in parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the actors

• stage directions

• aside

• monologue

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a conversation between to or more characters

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• monologue

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a solitary speech in which is the character is speaking to himself or herself

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted

• drama/play

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a character breaks the "fourth wall" to interact with the audience

• aside

• imagery

• allegory

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

when the author makes statements about a character's personality directly to the reader

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• round character

• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

characters that do not change throughout the course of a work

• static characters

• dynamic characters

• round characters

• flat characters

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D