Drama Vocabulary

The person who wrote the play.

• Poet

• Author

• Playwright

• Singer

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The characters, or parts, that will be in the play. A person pretending to be a character.

• Actor

• Cast

• Musician

• Performer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The time, place, and circumstances in which a drama takes place.

• Location

• Time

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The story that is told in the play.

• Plot

• Drama

• Exposition

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Match the following

• End of the story where the conflicts or problems are solved.

• Falling action

• Action and events that occur after the climax.

• Resolution

• Events before the climax; character's attempt to solve the problem, but fails.

• Climax

• The turning point; the point of greatest suspense or action.

• Exposition

• Beginning of the story that introduces: conflict, character and setting

• Rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A part in the play. They tell details the characters don’t know or details about the setting.

• Story teller

• Narrator

• Writer

• Author

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The lines the characters say.

• Talking

• Actor

• Dialogue

• Speech

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A large section of a play. May include several scenes.

• Scenes

• Acts

• Play

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A smaller section of a play. When a scene changes, often the setting or characters change.

• Drama

• Actor

• Acts

• Scenes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

They appear inside parentheses ( ), written in italics, and tell the character where to go on stage, how to move, and how to say their lines.

• Stage directions

• Play

• Dialogue

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D