Anne Frank Play - Pre-reading Terms

Words spoken by the characters in a story

• dialogue

• drama

• stage directions

• setting

When a character struggles with something or someone other than themselves (e.g. another person or a fierce storm)

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• drama

• tragedy

What do you call the written version of a play?

• script

• stage direction

• dialogue

• playwright

A funny or light hearted event that provides a break from the serious events in a story

• comic relief

• dramatic irony

• tragic flaw

• antagonist

The person who writes a play

• playwright

• author

• creator

• playwrite

The name given to the group of countries fighting against the Nazis in WWII (England, US, France, Russia, etc.)

• allies

• freedom fighters

• axis

• amigos

Tells the characters how to speak and move on stage

• stage directions

• dialogue

• actor notes

• play instructions

A character trait that leads to the downfall of the main character

• tragic flaw

• comic relief

• antagonist

• internal conflict

the time and place where the story happens

• setting

• theme

• plot

• protagonist

The last name of the other family hiding with the Franks

• Van Dann

• Robin

• Mouschi

• Peters