Drama Terms

Large sections a play is divided into; can be further divided into scenes.

• Stanzas

• Drama

• Acts

• Scenes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The people that have come to watch the play.

• Narrator

• Poet

• Author

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

They are portrayed by the actors in the play; may include the narrator who gives background information and fills in details about the characters, setting, or events.

• Characters

• Actors

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The words spoken by characters in a play; a play is made up almost entirely of this.

• Talking

• Dialogue

• Stage directions

• Scenes

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

Literature that is written to be performed; a play

• Drama

• Article

• Story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The person telling the story; he/she gives background information, fills in details about characters, setting, or events

• Author

• Narrator

• Main Character

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The author of a piece of drama

• Poet

• Author

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The action of the story, or what happens, revealed through dialogue and stage directions; a play has the same elements of a story - characters, conflict/problem, resolution, conclusion, and possibly a theme.

• Drama

• Theme

• Plot

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Items or objects that are on stage during a play; always have a purpose or meaning. They can represent something, be referred to by characters , or be used by a character.

• Characters

• Setting

• Scene

• Prop

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

Smaller sections within an act that a play is divided into; each of these smaller sections often has a different setting.

• Act

• Scene

• Play

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D