Vocab Test 1/20/23 -- Drama

The written form of a play; the story

• lines

• stanza

• script

• drama

These are the parts or words that each actor must memorize and learn.

• lines

• script

• cast

• props

The instructions to the actors that tell them how to act and speak. These are usually either in brackets or parenthesis in the script.

• dialogue

• props

• cast of characters

• stage directions

The characters who have parts in a play/drama

• cast of characters

• playwright

• drama

• setting

The conversation back and forth between characters.

• script

• lines

• dialogue

• poetry

Items used by actors in a play. This could be stage decorations, tables, canes, chairs, desks, etc.

• props

• setting

• narrator

• stage directions

The person telling the story in a play. We do not see this person, but the audience can hear the voice.

• actress

• actor

• playwright

• narrator

The time and place of a play.

• stage decorations

• setting

• props

• narrator

The author of a play

• playwright

• author

• poet

• narrator

A genre of literature meant to be performed on a stage.

• poetry

• non-fiction

• fiction

• drama