Drama Terms

The person who wrote the play

• Actor

• Playwright

• Narrator

• Author

The lines the characters speak in the play

• dialogue

• script

• scene

• drama

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3B

The time, place, or era of the play

• scene

• plot

• problem/solution

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

A ______ is also called a play.

• literary nonfiction

• argumentative

• drama

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

A play is divided into

• acts/scenes

• chapters

• stanzas

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

The written text of a play

• set

• plot

• character

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

Indicates who is speaking in the script

• line

• drama

• character tag

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.W.4.3B

The main characters issue or motivation

• theme

• plot

• problem/conflict

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

The main events of a play

• plot

• setting

• problem/conflict

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

Gives the audience information on what is happening in the play. The lines are built into the script.

• actress

• costume designer

• actor

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1