Drama Vocabulary

A major unit of a drama.

• Act

• Script

• Scene

• Playwrite

A person who writes dramatic texts.

• Stage Directions

• Voice

• Stage Right

• Playwright

Moveable items that actors use to make their actions seem realistic on stage.

• Sound Effects

• Narrator

• Props

• Dialogue

A subdivision (minor unit) of an act in a drama.

• Act

• Scene

• Narrator

• Theme

The written pages of a drama or a play.

• Dialogue

• Characters

• Plot

• Script

Instructions by the playwright that may describe the set, a sound effect, the lighting, on the appearance or actions of a character.

• Tone

• Stage Directions

• Dramatic convention

• Characters

Ways in which actors use the sound and style of their speaking (dialect) patterns to convey feelings, atmosphere, thoughts, and ideas.

• Voice

• Mood

• Limited PoV

• Sound Effects

On the right of the stage, from the view of the performer looking at the audience.

• Staging

• Sound Effects

• Stage Right

• Cast

On the left of the stage, from the view of the performer looking at the audience.

• Tone

• Dialogue

• Stage Left

• Narrator

A conversation between characters.

• Script

• Voice

• Mood

• Dialogue