Drama

What is a play?

What is a playwright?

• The name of the person who wrote the play

• The right person for the part

• A play

What is a theater?

• The building where the play is performed

• Any large building

• play rehearsal

What is a stage?

• A platform where a play is performed

• A stage coach

• The directions

• Any place you want to perform

Stage Directions

• Small section of the play

• The platform in which the actors perform

• The characters actions and emotions written in the play in parenthesis

What is an Act?

• A small section of the play

• The first half of the play

• Larger section of the play

• A scene in a play

What is the climax in a play?

• The high point that everything leads up to

• The falling action

• The setting

• Rising action

Dialogue

• Words that are spoken by the characters

• Anything that is a song in a play

• a poem in the play

Who is the narrator?

• The person who fills in details throughout the play

• The person who tells the actors where to stand

• Anyone who speaks an opinion in the play

• The main actor

What is dramatic action that is central to the plot?