Drama Vocabulary Terms

Actors perform on a raised platform called a ___________, so they can be easily seen by the audience.

• scene

• theater

• stage

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.4

Plays are written in the form of a __________________________.

• script

• playwright

• narrator

• stage

A person who writes a play is called a ___________________.

• title

• narrator

• actor

• playwright

The ____________________ is the name of the play.

• title

• script

• playwright

• theater

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

The purpose of most plays is to __________________________.

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

The ____________________ is the conversation between the characters.

• script

• title

• playwright

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.3.3B

A _________________ is where a play is performed and includes seating for the audience and a place for the play to be performed.

• script

• theater

• stage

• scene

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.1C

TEKS.ELA.E1.5F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5F

TEKS.ELA.E3.5F

TEKS.ELA.E4.5F

Characters' actions and expressions are written in ____________________ or may be enclosed in a set of parentheses ( ).

• stage directions

• italics

• bold print

• rhyme

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

A play may be divided into _________________, which are specific sections of dialogue and can also be the setting.

• scripts

• scenes

• narrators

• stages

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

_____________________________ are often used to fill in details to the story and link beginning, middle, and ending events.

• playwrights

• actors

• audience members

• narrators