DRAMA terms

1) All the performers in a play

• characters

• cast

• setting

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

2) The 'type' or the 'classification' of a piece of literature; the category

• genre

• dialogue

• dialect

• stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

3) A form of language distinguished from other forms of the SAME language by pronunciation, grammar, or vocab.; (the way someone sounds when they talk)

• dialogue

• character

• improvisation

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

4) The title given to someone who writes a play

• characters

• cast

• playwright

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

5) A specific (smaller) frame or episode of a play (like CHAPTERS in a book)

• scenes

• acts

• stage

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

6)A division of a play; this includes several scenes of a play (similar to UNITS in a book)

• scenes

• acts

• stage

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

7) When a performer makes things up and uses their own words in a performance

• dialect

• dialogue

• improvisation

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

8) The people or animals in a novel, story or play

• setting

• plot

• characters

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

9) A time of rest during a play; a break between Acts of a play

• setting

• plot

• characters

• intermission

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

10) When performers visualize a play in their head prior to performing the play

• staging

• stage directions

• improvisation

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3