Drama

A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performance
• comedy
• tragedy
• fun

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.

• songs
• lines
• books
• jokes

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• group
• crowd
• cast
• people

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.

• do the play
• use dialogue
• act
• sing

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

These are used to introduce new characters and foreshadow future events.

• actors
• script
• dramas
• scenes and acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

The author of a play.

• Play
• Plot
• Playwright
• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Specific instructions from the playwright about scenery, costumes, what the actors should do, and more.

• Cast of Characters
• Plot
• Stage Directions
• Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

The conversations between two or more characters in a drama.

• Dialogue
• Theme
• Monologue
• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

True or false:
The narrator is a character in a play.

• True
• False

Notes from the playwright that tell an actor how to feel, where to look, or how to act are called:

• Stage Directions
• Scenes
• Plot
• Dialogue