Drama Vocab

Drama

• a play

• a story told through characters, played by actors

• a theatrical performance

• fighting with friends

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

script

• dialogue spoken by character with stage directions

• writing

• what characters say

• tell actors how to act

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

comedy

• lighthearted or humorous work presenting characters with limitations and misunderstandings

• funny

• mistaken identities, word play, satire, exaggerated characters

• mocking other people

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

tragedy

• has a tragic flaw

• has a tragic hero

• portrays the fall of a person of high status

• someone dies

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

playwright

• William Shakespeare

• author of the play

• Sophocles

• the narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

exposition

• setting description

• character description

• exposing others' flaws

• background information

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

spectacle

• glasses

• a visual picture on stage

• what you look for in a play

• using lighting and scenery to create mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

an act

• a section of a play

• what characters do on stage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

scene

• a section within an act to indicate a new time or place

• what you cause when you have drama

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

stage directions

• North, South, East, West

• Stage Left, Stage Right

• Where to go when you stand on the sage

• notes to describe how something should be performed on stage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C