Drama Terms

The conversation between two or more characters on stage is known as ________________________.

• monologue
• dialogue
• script
• cast of characters

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

The author of a play is know as the ____________________.

• playwright
• poet
• play
• actor

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The _____________________ is the action or main events that happen in a drama.

• theme
• plot
• cast
• act

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

The words spoken by a character when they are ALONE or speaking to themselves is called __________________.

• dialogue

• play

• chat

• monologue

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

Small sections of a play are ___________.  Each one usually takes place in a specific time and place.

• acts
• plot
• theme
• scene

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

________________ is drama that is funny and has a happy ending.

• comedy
• tragedy
• drama
• cast

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

The ________ is the main idea the writer is trying to make in a play.

• scene
• theme
• stage directions
• playwright

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

When a play has specific instructions how the actors should act, the play has _____________.

• theme

• plot

• stage directions

• cast of characters

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is the name of the list of characters and how they are related?

• cast of characters
• monologue
• stage directions
• drama

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

What is the name of the main units that often divide a play?

• scene
• script
• monologue
• act

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5