Drama Vocabulary Quiz

A story written to be performed by actors.

• setting

• act

• drama

• playwright

The written text of a play.

• playwright

• script

• dialogue

• props

The words characters say in a story or a play. Usually a conversation between two or more characters.

• dialogue

• character tag

• portray

• scene

instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics

• lines

• play

• stage directions

• character tag

a segment, or part, of the story

• prologue

• epilogue

• dialogue

• act

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

a division of an act into smaller parts

• act

• script

• lines

• scene

The time and place of a story.

• setting

• prologue

• script

• portray

In drama, the words characters speak or say out loud.

• drama

• play

• lines

• props

Another word for a drama

• script

• play

• playwright

• scene

The items on the stage that the actors use. They give clues about the setting of the play.

• props

• stage directions

• scene

• act

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E