Drama Terms Review

Another word for "a play"

• script

• drama

• dialogue

A speech given by one character

• monologue

• dialogue

These are directions in either italics or brackets that tell the actor how to speak or behave

• script

• dialogue

• stage directions

This is short for setting. These are large props or backdrops that show where and when the play takes place.

• act

• set

• prop

the written document containing lines and dialogue of a play

• script

• set

• stage directions

_______________________ or ___________________________are written in such a way that the stage directions contain direction for the cameras and how the play is to be filmed.

• Set or props

• Act or scene

• Teleplays or screenplays

These are movable items that are used to help convey the story.

• sets

• props

• scripts

the person or character relating the play/drama to the audience

• actor

• narrator

• props

This is the break that comes between acts.

• act

• scene

• intermission

A group of scenes makes an ____.

• act

• scene

• intermission