Drama Terms

A story that is performed on stage for an audience.

• Script

• Dialogue

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• Scripting

• Characters

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

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

The words the actors speak.

• Drama

• Script

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A long speech given by one character.

• monologue

• dialogue

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Descriptions or directions in a script that tell HOW the play is performed. Often tells the characters where to stand and what to do. What is this called?

• instructions

• orders

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A play on words

• Humor

• Soliloquy

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A