Drama Vocabulary Review

What divides a play into sections; tell a different part of the story?

• Act(s)

• Scene

• Lines

• Stage Direction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What are written text each actor says/reads for the character they are playing?

• Cast of Characters

• Stage Directions

• Lines

• Play/Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a smaller section of the act; the setting often changes?

• Stage Directions

• Script

• Act(s)

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a story acted out in front of an audience?

• Script

• Play/Drama

• Lines

• Props

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What are objects that actors use, such as a broom or book, as their characters might use them in the play?

• Lines

• Stage Directions

• Props

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What are conversations between two or more characters?

• Dialogue

• Lines

• Script

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Who is the person who writes the play?

• Lines

• Script

• Playwright

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What appears at the beginning of the play; sometimes a short description appears next to the names?

• Playwright

• Act(s)

• Scene

• Cast of Characters

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is the written text of a play; provides the dialogue of the play and describes the characters, setting and actions in the drama?

• Play/Drama

• Lines

• Script

• Props

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What tells a character where to go on stage and what to do; can also describe the emotion a character should express; can be written in italics or put in {brackets} and/or (parenthesis); they are not meant to say aloud- should be acted out?

• Lines

• Props

• Stage Directions

• Cast of Characters

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C