Drama Terms

Front

Acts

Back

A major division in a play

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Front

Scene

Back

Smaller divisions of an act

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Front

Purpose of scenes

Back

Scenes are often used to change in time, change in location, and introduce new characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Stage Directions

Back

An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Front

Dialogue

Back

A conversation between two or more people in a work of literature.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

Props

Back

An object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Front

Tragedy

Back

A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortunes, usually for the worse.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Front

Comedy

Back

A literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Front

Chorus

Back

A group of characters who act like narrators and comment on the action without participating.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

Fourth Wall

Back

The invisible division between the characters and the audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4