Elements of Drama Vocabulary

Tells the "who", "what", "where", "why", and "how" of a poem, play, or story. To ________ is to tell, or write the main idea of the beggining, middle and end of a text.

• scene

• audience

• summary

• characters

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A play for theater, radio, or television

• summary

• scenery

• acts

• drama

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Small division of a play within an act that marks a change of characters, place, or action.

• scene

• dialogue

• audience

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Two or more people speaking to one another on stage

• acts

• scenery

• scune

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The group or person for whom a play is being performed or written

• flashback

• acts

• audience

• cast of characters

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The characters acting in a drama

• cast of characters

• audience

• drama

• script

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Instructions written into the script of a play, giving stage actions or movements of performers. They are usually next to the cast member's name.

• acts

• playwrite

• Stage Directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Part of the set that shows the location of the scene or play, usually on the backdrop.

• drama

• scene

• foreshadowng

• scenery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The important parts of a drama

• props

• elements of a drama

• summary

• audience

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Objects used on stage in a play such as a cup, wand, chair, or table

• script

• props

• acts

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D