Drama Vocabulary (English)

A story written to be performed by actors. (a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage).

• Dialogue

• Drama

• Plot

• Acts

Is a conversation between characters. (any communication between two characters—generally spoken out loud).

• Stage Directions

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• Dialogue

The sequence of events in a literary work. (a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose).

• Resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Plot

The traditional way playwrights break up the action of a play.

• Rising Action

• Stage Directions

• Acts

• Falling Action

A section of the overall story that contains its own unique combination of setting, character, dialogue, and sphere of activity.

• Scenes

• Dramatic Exposition

• Comedy

• Drama

A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work. (A person in a literary work; People and animals who are involved in a conflict in a story).

• Exposition

• Plot

• Characters

• Dialogue

An instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.

• Tragedy

• Tragic Hero

• Drama

• Stage Directions

A literary work, especially a play, that has a happy ending. (a storytelling genre that uses laughter and humor in order to entertain and amuse).

• Climax

• Comedy

• Resolution

• Dialogue

A work of literature, especially a play, that shows the downfall or death of the main character, or tragic hero. (branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual).

• Tragic Hero

• Plot

• Stage Directions

• Tragedy

The protagonist of a tragic story or drama, in which, despite their virtuous and sympathetic traits and ambitions, they ultimately meet defeat, suffering, or even an untimely end.

• Climax

• Dramatic Exposition

• Tragic Hero

• Acts