Drama Terms

A story that is performed on stage for an audience.

• Script

• Dialogue

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A play that is light, humorous, and ends happily.

• Resolution

• Comedy

• Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A play that ends in disaster for the main character.

• Comedy

• Drama

• Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

the part of the play that deals with the lines the actors speak.​

• Scripting

• Characters

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The words the actors speak.

• Drama

• Script

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

any kind of moveable piece used in staging a play

• Script

• Props

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A section of uninterrupted action in the act of a drama.

• Scene

• Climax

• Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The main character in a play or story is called what?

• antagonist

• protagonist

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

A character in conflict with the main character. / Secondary character, causes change in the protagonist.

• foil

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In drama, a conversation between two or more people on stage

• script

• pun

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D