Drama Terms

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a story that is acted out in front of an audience; a play

• drama

• playwright

• cast of characters

• role

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

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a person who writes a play; the author of the drama

• drama

• playwright

• narrator

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

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the actors in a drama; typically listed at the beginning of the play

• drama

• plot

• dialogue

• cast of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

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the character or person of which an actor plays the part

• acts/scenes

• setting

• role

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

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gives the audience information about the actions happening in a play; also gives insight into the characters' thoughts and feelings

• narrator

• lines

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

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instructions that tell the actors what to do, where to go, how to move, or how to say the lines; usually in parenthesis ( ) or brackets[ ]

• dialogue

• stage directions

• script

• role

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

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different divided parts of a play; setting or costume changes frequently occur with an act or scene change

• plot

• drama

• acts/scenes

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

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the written form of the play; contains a list of characters, lines the characters speak, and stage directions

• lines

• dialogue

• setting

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

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the written and spoken words that make up a character's performance

• lines

• plot

• setting

• role

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

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the lines of text the characters speak in the play; the characters' names appear before the lines they speak

• drama

• narrator

• dialogue

• role

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2