Drama Vocabulary

Drama is:

• a form of nonfiction

• a division of a play

• a story acted out in front of an audience

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

The different types of drama are called:

• Stories

• Forms

• Elements

• Scripts

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

Things that drama will always contain (plot, characters, etc.)

• Elements

• Acts

• Scenes

• Playwrights

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

The author of a play is called a(n)

• Author

• Writer

• Playwright

• Playmaster

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

The written dialogue and directions provided by the playwright:

• Script

• Manuscript

• Scenes

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The series of events that form a plot:

• Script

• Elements

• Forms

• Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An area out of sight of the audience:

• Backstage

• Offside

• Stage Left

• Stage Right

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play:

• Director

• Producer

• Actor

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The words an actor says during a performance:

• Lines

• Scenes

• Cues

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Spoken conversations involving two or more characters:

• Narrations

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10