WorksheetsDrama Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Drama is:
a form of nonfiction
a division of a play
a story acted out in front of an audience
a stage area out of sight of the audience
The different types of drama are called:
Stories
Forms
Elements
Scripts
Things that drama will always contain (plot, characters, etc.)
Elements
Acts
Scenes
Playwrights
The author of a play is called a(n)
Author
Writer
Playwright
Playmaster
The written dialogue and directions provided by the playwright:
Script
Manuscript
Scenes
Acts
The series of events that form a plot:
Script
Elements
Forms
Action
An area out of sight of the audience:
Backstage
Offside
Stage Left
Stage Right
A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play:
Director
Producer
Actor
Playwright
The words an actor says during a performance:
Lines
Scenes
Cues
Acts
Spoken conversations involving two or more characters:
Narrations
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Aside
Someone who tells a story, filling in the gaps for the audience:
Narrator
Speaker
Playwright
Author
A dramatic speech by a single character (directed at other characters)
Soliloquy
Aside
Dialogue
Monologue
The physical surroundings - usually built to fit the play
Props
Stage
Set
Costumes
Any movable object on the set of a play
Prop
Set
Costume
Melody
An instruction written as part of the script
Cue
Scene
Stage Direction
Dialogue
A signal for an actor to speak or move
Monologue
Aside
Act
Cue
An actor's outfit and makeup
Costume
Greasepaint
Prop
Line
A speech a character gives to themselves
Monologue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Aside
Dialogue meant to be heard by the audience only (also known as breaking the fourth wall)
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
Dialogue
