shakespeare drama vocabulary

What actors wear in a play

• props

• costumes

• setting

• scence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The person that tells the story

• character

• author

• narrator

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A long section of a play is called a (similar to a chapter)

• act

• theme

• setting

• prop

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

written to be performed as radio broadcasts

• radio background

• radio plays

• radio scripts

• radio

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A signal for an actor to speak or move

• Monologue

• Aside

• Act

• Cue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a Shakespearean play with a happy ending?

• comedy

• tragedy

• happy feet

• history

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play; dialogue in a play is the main way in which plot, character, and other elements are established

• dialogue

• figurative language

• characterization

• genre

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Shakespearean play about kings and the history of the monarchy.

• comedy

• tragedy

• romance

• history

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the main character who comes to a miserable end.

• romantic hero

• tragic hero

• antagonist

• protagonist hero

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

opposite of (contrast of) comedy

• hah

• tragedy

• big funny

• yeah

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A