Drama Vocabulary

" The four exit GINNY stops Harry"... this is an example of

• lines

• a cast of characters

• dialogue

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Characters in the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• script

• actors or actresses

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

a story told through words, actions and is meant to be performed for an audience.

• play or drama

• cast of characters

• actors

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

The person who wrote the play

• dialogue

• playwright

• props

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

The time or place

• plot

• drama

• setting

• set

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

used by the actors to make the play more believable

• set

• scence

• props

• actress

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.8.4

A change in setting

• scene

• drama

• comedy

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

What actors wear in a play

• props

• costumes

• setting

• scence

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The visual background of the stage including the walls

• Cast

• Props

• Scence

• Set

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.8.4