Drama Terms

What is drama?

• Group of actors that comment on the play.

• is written to be performed by actors and watched by an audience.

• Same as audience right.

• A funny or amusing play.

What is a tragedy?

• All the actors in a play.

• Sections of an act.

• Shows the downfall or death of the tragic hero.

• A funny or amusing play.

What is a comedy?

• Introductory section of a play.

• Long speech by an actor speaking to himself.

• Actor who speaks only to the audience about the story.

• Often shows a conflict between opposite age groups, genders, or personality types. A funny play.

What is storytelling?

• A drama or play in which actors make the characters come alive through dialogue and stage directions.

• Conversation in a play.

• Major sections of a play.

• Sides of the stage not seen by the audience.

Who is a playwright?

• All the actors in a play.

• Author of a play.

• A play with a sad or unhappy ending.

• A funny or amusing play.

What is a script?

• Introductory section of a play.

• Conversation in a play.

• A play in written form.

• Humorous actions or words put in a serious play.

What is dialogue?

• All the actors in a play.

• Section of an act.

• A play with a sad or unhappy ending.

• What the characters say to one another in conversation.

What is a prologue?

• Group of actors that comment on the play.

• Sides of the stage not seen by the audience.

• Conversation in a play.

• Long speech by an actor speaking to himself.

What is a narrator?

• Actor who speaks only to the audience about the story.

• All of the actors in a play.

• Humorous actions or words put in a serious play.

• Conversation in a play.

Who are the chorus in a play?

• Lines not heard by other actors on stage but heard by the audience.

• Conversation in a play.

• Group of actors that comment on the play.

• A funny or amusing play.