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

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• Fiction

• Drama

• Non-Fiction

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

The person who wrote the play

• Drama Author

• Writer

• Playwright

• Storyteller

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• Act

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

The words characters speak in a piece of text

• Speech

• Dialogue

• Conversation

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Actor

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3