JC Vocab

Theater: where actors bring characters to life right in front of you.

• Live storytelling
• A serious drama

• A brief comment

• A long speech

Comedy: Typically in nature.

• lighthearted
• serious

• intense

• rebellious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Tragedy: A drama.

• serious
• lighthearted

• brief

• intense

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Act: A major in a play, similar to chapters in a book.

• division
• comment

• speech

• rebellion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Scene: A smaller within an act that changes the setting or introduces new characters.

• division
• comment

• speech

• rebellion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Stage Directions: Instructions in the script for actors' , emotions, or actions.

• movements
• comments

• speeches

• rebellions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Dialogue: The spoken between characters in a play.

• words
• comments

• speeches

• rebellions

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Monologue: A long by one character, directed to other characters.

• speech
• comment

• division

• rebellion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Soliloquy: A speech where a character speaks their thoughts , often alone on stage.

• aloud
• quietly

• briefly

• rebelliously

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Aside: A brief made by a character, heard only by the audience or a specific character.

• comment
• speech

• division

• rebellion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D