Drama Terms

is meant to be performed

• play

• drama

• script

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

actors tell the story through this, what they say to one another

• dialogue

• script

• drama

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an actor turns and speaks directly to the audience

• drama

• aside

• soliloquy

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

like an inner conversation that the audience overhears

• soliloquy

• aside

• dramatic irony

• protagonist

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 in which one character speaks at length to another character, there is no back and forth

• dialogue

• monologue

• aside

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

occurs when there is a difference between what one character says and thinks and what the audience knows is true

• irony

• dramatic irony

• drama

• ironic drama

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• actor

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

character who opposes the protagonist

• protagonist

• antagonist

• actor

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

tells actors exactly what to do and how to do it

• script

• drama

• stage design

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the way the setting for the play looks like on stage.

• script

• drama

• stage design

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D