Drama Terms

Front

What do you call the people, animals, or objects who do the acting in the play?

Back

Characters

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

What are descriptions or directions in a script that tell HOW the play is performed, including where characters should stand and what they should do?

Back

Stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Front

What is a brief remark made to the audience that the other characters do not hear?

Back

Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

What is the term for a conversation between two or more characters?

Back

Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What is a long speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience?

Back

Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

What term describes the main character in a story, often facing a conflict?

Back

Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is the term for a character who opposes the protagonist?

Back

Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What do you call the underlying message or main idea of a play?

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What is the term for the time and place in which the story occurs?

Back

Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What do you call the sequence of events in a play?

Back

Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D