Drama Terms Review (Graded)

The playwright / author's reason for writing the play / text. The word choice and structure help us determine this!

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Voice

• Author's Thoughts

• Author's Message

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9A

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

A play for theater, television, film, or radio.

• Fiction

• Drama

• Non-Fiction

• Poetry

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

The person who wrote the play

• Drama Author

• Writer

• Playwright

• Storyteller

Tags

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

The way playwrights break up the action in a play; the way it is structured overall

• Act

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Scene

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

A subsection of the play, within an Act, that takes place at a specific time and place / between specific characters

• Drama

• Act

• Scene

• Stage Directions

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

The words characters speak in a piece of text

• Speech

• Dialogue

• Conversation

• Monologue

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.8C

TEKS.ELA.E1.11H

TEKS.ELA.E4.11H

TEKS.MATH.7.8C

TEKS.MATH.8.8C

The playwright's written instructions about how actors should move or behave. Broken up into 2 main categories: Action based, Performance based.

• Stage Directions

• Actor's Notes

• Plot

• Dialogue

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

The "main character" or "main focus" of a piece

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Actor

• Playwright

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

A long speech in a play, performed by one character / actor

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Scene

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.6.9F

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

Stage directions are a key component to understanding drama, because they give the performers and readers of the play an opportunity to understand both the emotions and the actions taking place, therefore helping the reader make inferences about the author's purpose in writing the play.

• True

• False

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D