Drama Vocabulary

" The four exit GINNY stops Harry"... this is an example of

• lines

• a cast of characters

• dialogue

• stage directions

Characters in the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• script

• actors or actresses

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3B

a story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience.

• play or drama

• cast of characters

• actors

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.W.6.3B

The person who wrote the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• props

• dialogue

The time or place

• plot

• drama

• setting

• set

used by the actors to make the play more believable

• set

• scence

• props

• actress

A change in setting

• scene

• drama

• comedy

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

A long section of a play is called a (similar to a chapter)

What actors wear in a play

• props

• costumes

• setting

• scence

The visual background of the stage including the walls

• Cast

• Props

• Scence

• Set