WorksheetsDrama Unit Vocabulary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is drama?
a story told in dialogue by performers in front of an audience ex. Hamlet
a word often used to describe plays that address serious subjects
both
neither
ex. book
what is a prop
a small, movable item that the actors use to make their actions look realistic ex. tea cup
a screen
a cast list full of many names and actors
a person's broken leg drawn on a piece of paper that's called a cast list
ex. hair
What is scenery?
another word for set ex. forest
the current scene the actor is saying
a cast list
a fun house
ex. coffee cup
What is a cast?
a group of people who have important roles in a book, story, or event ex. list of people who made the role
the people of the United States
another word for a group of animals
an animator
ex. lion
What is a climax?
The highest or most intense part of a book, movie, show, play, or event ex. when Mufassa dies and Simba runs away
a little pony
a play
another word for falling action
ex. The Outsiders
What is a script?
the written text of a play, movie, or broadcast ex. Lion King Play script
the name of your favorite broadcatser
another word for directions
stage directions
ex. Downstage
What is a playwright?
the author of the play ex. William Shakespeare
the actor in the play
the character in the play
the girl in the play that loves to run around and eat ice cream on a cold Sunday evening after dinner but before bed
ex. Boo from Monsters Inc.
What are acts?
the units of action in a drama ex. Act I
the units of vocab in a drama
the units of action in a building
the units of vocab in a building
ex. Stage Right
What are scenes?
acts often divided into parts ex. where you have coffee in a coffee shop
acts multiplied into pieces
schools in a row
houses in a row
ex. Amy Lowell
What is this vocab word? The playwright's technique for creating believable characters
(a)
What is dramatic speech?
(a)
What is dialouge?
a conversation between or among characters ex. "Hi", "Hello"
the way you move
the way you feel
the way it moves
ex. the way the coffee moves
What is a monologue?
a long speech spoken by a single character ex. us at the wax museum
A boring thing said by a person and they drone on and on
The way a person speaks in a play
another word for dialogue
ex. Brad Pitt
What is aside?
When a character turns to the audience to make an observation or a remark that other characters can't hear
When you move something or a prop to the side
When a character or member of a cast goes offstage to the side
The way one might move
ex. Leonardo DiCaprio when he looks to the side
What are stage directions?
The sets of bracketed information that describe the scenery and how characters should move or speak ex. Stage Left
The direction you might move the props
The way the backstage crew moves the curtain
The sets of groups called acts
ex. Act II
What is a theater?
A place where plays are usually presented ex. Dallas Theater
A place that a tv show is aired
The name of the set
A name of a person in a play
ex. Ryan Reynolds
What is a set?
The term used for the construction on stage that suggests the time and place of the action ex. Frozen Play with Ice Blocks as a background
The scenery of the theater
How to move backstage
A term for moving side to side
ex. Gigi Hadid
What is a comedy?
A form of drama that has a happy ending ex. The 39 Steps
A form of drama that starts good but ends bad
A form of drama that starts bad but ends good
a comedian that makes things not funny
ex. Melanie Martinez
What is a tragedy?
A form of drama contrasted with comedy; it ends in a downfall of the main character ex. Hamlet
the person who write the drama
Another word for a comedy drama
When something starts bad but ends good
ex. Cady Heron
What is screenplay?
The scripts for film ex. Daddy Day Care Script
The words in a book
The props in a set
The films in a movie
ex. Bella Hadid
What is teleplay?
scripts written for television and often contain elements from screenplay
another version of screenplay
the way props are on the set
the people in a cast list
What is radio play?
They are written to be performed as radio broadcasts
Another version of teleplay
Another version of screenplay
The way the backstage crew moves the props
