Character Vocabulary

a person in a story, novel, or play

• character

• trait

• motivation

• dialogue

Conversation between characters

• Dialouge

• Monolouge

• Feelings

• Motivation

an emotional state or reaction

• feeling

• motivation

• trait

• character

A character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act

• motivation

• trait

• feeling

• monolouge

a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports

• trait

• character

• feeling

• motivation

People who write the story, and script the actors follow

• playwrights

• technical designer

• critic

• set designer

People who design and help create the setting of the show

• set designers

• prop master

• costume designer

• make-up designer

This person designs theatrical make-up for production characters, provides renderings and works with actors on detailed application processes.

• make-up designer

• director

• costume manager

• actors

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

• True
• False

What are two types of drama?

• Fiction and Nonfiction
• Tragedy and Comedy
• Tragedy and Staging
• Comedy and Fiction