Elements of Drama Terms

What is the term for a conversation between two or more characters?

• Dialogue

• Aside

• Play

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

Where does the action of the play take place? It has three literal walls and one invisible wall.

• Genre

• Aside

• Stage

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This shows up in a script in parentheses and italics. It gives extra information to the actors and director.

• Drama

• Stage directions

• Aside

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

What do you call a SOLITARY speach in which the character is speaking to himself or herself

• Monologue

• Play

• Dialogue

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Known as "breaking the fourth wall," this is when a character speaks directly to the audience or gives them a look.

• Genre

• Aside

• Stage directions

• Stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What do you call a piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted out?

• Drama

• Genre

• Dialogue

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

A drama is also known as a...

• Snoozefest

• Festival

• Something girls do

• Play

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the term for a speech in which an actor is speaking uninterruptedly to other characters? Think of Syndrome in The Incredibles! "You sly dog! You caught me _____________!"

• Genre

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What do you call the people, animals, or objects who do the acting in the play?

• That guy on stage

• Characters

• Chumps

• Him

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the word for a type of literature or music?

• Section

• Aside

• Tag

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5