Drama/Poetry Terms

A play that ends happily and with humor.

• melodrama

• comedy

• tragedy

• play

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

a play that doesn't have a happy ending; ends in the death of at least one main character

• comedy

• melodrama

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out

• drama

• scene

• act

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production

• stage

• scene

• props

• crew

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

place/places or the time where the story takes place, different from the place of the performance

• setting

• scene

• set

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

workers who move scenery or handle props in a theatrical production

• cast

• actors

• crew

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

an art concerned almost exclusively with live performances in which the action is primarily planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama

• drama

• theatre

• script

• play

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

group of scenes that form an important part of the story; a way to divide an opera, play, or other drama

• script

• act

• scene

• play

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

deck; designated space for the performance of productions

• set

• theatre

• stage

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

subdivision of the play; presenting continuous action in one place

• act

• scene

• dialogue

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7