Unit 4: Part 1 Academic Terms

the literal or primary meaning of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• sensory words

• drama

1. a word’s feelings associated with it. A word or phrase can have positive, negative, or neutral feelings. 

• connotation

• denotation

• puns

• act

amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings or words having the same sound but different meaning

• monologue

• drama

• character development

• puns

a long speech in a play or film that is spoken by one person

• dialogue

• monologue

• drama

• character development

 a work of literature which is acted out

• dialogue

• monologue

• drama

• character development

1. an author shows readers what a character is like and how he or she behaves, thinks, feels, and changes

• monologue

• scene

• act

• character development

in a play, give directions of how actors are to speak and move, and gives instruction for sound, lights and scenery

• act

• scene

• cast

• stage directions

the actors in a play or film

• act

• scene

• cast

• stage directions

the divisions of a stage play

• act

• scene

• cast

• drama

1. a division within an act of a stage play, no change of place in the act

• act

• scene

• stage directions

• cast