Drama Vocabulary 8th Grade

divide the acts each time the setting (time or place) changes

• scenes

• acts

• chapters

• stage directions

the people who perform the drama, playing character roles

• directors

• actors

• playwrights

• characters

a character speaks directly to the audience, unheard by other characters

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

• dialogue

the actors in the drama who perform in character roles are called

• cast of characters

• stage crew

• directors

• playwrights

a story with a happy ending

• romance

• tragedy

• comedy

• history

the problem or struggle in the story

• climax

• conflict

• theme

• resolution

the clothing, hair, and make-up an actor wears to play a character

• characterization

• scenery

• prop

• costume

the lines spoken by a character (actor)

• script

• stage directions

• monologue

• dialogue

the five elements of ______ are: cast of characters, setting, dialogue, stage directions, and acts & scenes

• literature

• fiction

• play

• drama

literature that is written to be performed

• screenplay

• play

• script

• drama