Drama Academic Vocabulary

subdivision of an act in a play indicating changes in location or the passage of time

• scene

• line

• play

• dialogue

An action that causes something to happen.

• concert

• play

• event

• message

the dialogue of a play; the words actors say in performance.

• act

• part

• sentence

• line

instructions for actors and stage crew

• props

• director

• corrections

• stage directions

the author of a play

• writer

• playwright

• actor

• audience

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• theater

• soap opera

• play

• show

theme of a story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life.

• central message

• opinion

• main idea

• motive

conversation between characters

• chat

• dialogue

• lines

• monologue

Anything that causes laughter or amusement

• cartoons

• characterization

• humor

• emotion

sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

• fashion

• humor

• attention

• dramatic