Drama Terms

Drama​

• closest to the audience
• the underlying message about life that is consistently present

• a story told in dialogue

• acting alone with little or no planning

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Act

• a major division of a play

• speak clearly

• a subdivision of an act

• hand movements

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Scene

• a major division in a play

• a subdivision of an act

• describes how characters move and feel

• the actor's left of the audience

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Theme

• the recreation of a setting on stage

• the rise and fall in tone

• non verbal communication

• the underlying message about life that is consistently present throughout the story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Improvisation

• hand movements

• speak clearly

• acting done with little or no planning

• objects characters use on stage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Props

• speak clearly

• the rise and fall of ones voice

• a subdivision of an act

• objects that characters hold while performing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Gestures

• Hand movements

• non-verbal communication

• a story told using hand motions

• pushing your voice out with power

Voice Inflection

• non-verbal communication

• acting done with little ort no planning

• the rise and fall in tone of voice

• the actor's right as he faces the audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Enunciate

• speak clearly

• pushing voice out with power

• non-verbal communication

• mumbling on stage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

upstage

• farthest from the audience

• closest to the audience

• the actor's right as he faces the audience

• the actor's left as he faces the audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4