Drama Terms

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

• Stanzas

• Drama

• Acts

• Scenes

The people that have come to watch the play.

• Narrator

• Poet

• Author

• Audience

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

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

• Talking

• Dialogue

• Stage directions

• Scenes

Literature that is written to be performed; a play

• Drama

• Article

• Story

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

• Author

• Narrator

• Main Character

• Playwright

The author of a piece of drama

• Poet

• Author

• Playwright

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

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

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