Drama Terms

A play meant to be performed by actors for an audience

• drama

• novel

• poem

• novella

The author of a drama

• playwright

• character

• director

• narrator

The text of a play

• script

• scene

• structure

• cast

A list of all the characters in a play

• cast of characters

• stage directions

• flashback

• act

Instructions about how to perform a drama. Often written in italics or set off by (parentheses).

• stage directions

• traits

• chronological

• structure

The following passage is an example of what dramatic feature?

He stands looking slowly around, making a supreme effort at self-control. He is weak, ill. His clothes are threadbare.

• stage directions

• dialogue

Written conversation between two or more characters

• dialogue

• flashback

• scene

• drama

The way in which a text is arranged or organized; for example in dramas, the script is often divided into acts and scenes.

• structure

• act

• scene

• cast

A major division within a play

• act

• scene

A smaller section in a play

• scene

• act