Introduction to Drama Vocabulary

This is the written text of a play.

• script
• papers
• book
• text

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the meaning of dialogue?

• Conversations between two or more characters
• The internal monolgue of a character
• A strugle that takes place in a story
• The gestures an actor usses in a drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the meaning of the term monologue

• Long speech by one single character
• Long speech by two or more characters
• Information that gives the where and when story took place
• Information that gives the main struggle, or conflict, in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The major divisions in a play are called--

• Scenes
• Acts
• Chapters
• Sections

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Small, movable objects used to show the actor's actions are...

• Sets
• Acts
• Scenes
• Props

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

This is a story told through characters

• comedy

• horror

• drama

This is entertainment with a happy ending...

• original comedy

• tragic comedy

• modern comedy

This is a lighthearted literary work that is prepared for the stage or screen..

• tragic comedy

• modern comedy

• original comedy

This is a drama telling a story of the fall of a person of high status...

• modern comedy

• original tragedy

• modern tragedy

This is a story with an unhappy ending....

• comedy

• modern tragedy

• original tragedy