Drama Vocabulary

form of literature that tells a story through performances by actors in front of an audience.

• Drama

• Poem

• Test

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work.

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• I don't know

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Drama

• Stage Direction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A long speech expressing private thoughts, delivered by a character alone on stage

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Monologue

• Chorus

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A long speech delivered by one character to another or to a group of characters.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Chorus

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A private remark to one character or to the audience. Other characters cannot hear it.

• Dialogue

• Aside

• Chorus

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A single character or a group of characters whose words convey the collective thoughts or feelings of the community.

• Aside

• Monologue

• Chorus

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

ends with the downfall or death of the protagonist.

• Romantic Comedy

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

usually the main character- an outstanding person of high rank whose downfall is caused by his own flawed behavior.

• Tragic Flaw

• Captain

• Tragic Hero

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

part of the hero’s character that leads him to make a vital mistake.

• Tragic Hero

• Mistake

• Drama

• Tragic Flaw

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C