Theater Terms

What is Downstage?

• The part of the stage nearest the audience
• The part of the stage farthest from the audience
• The part of the stage left of the audience
• The area of the stage left of the actor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Acts

• The Chapters in a Drama/Play
• Show the changes in settings overtime
• story told in front of a live audience
• tools that are used to bring a scene

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Dialogue

• the chapters in a drama/play
• characters in a drama/play
• what the actors say in a drama/play
• tools used to bring a scence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Scenes

• the chapters in a drama
• characters in a drama
• the place where actors perform
• show the changes in settings overtime

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Props

• written words for the actors
• the place where actors perform
• story in front a live audience
• tools that are used to bring a scene

Script

• written words for actors
• the chapters in a drama
• characters in a drama
• the place where actors perform 

Actors

• written words for the actors
• the chapters in a drama
• what the actors say
• characters in a drama

Theater

• show the changes in settings overtime
• what the actors say in a drama
• the place where actors perform
• the chapters in a drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Monologue is a speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person to express his/her thoughts and ideas aloud.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A monologue does not have a beginning, a middle or an end.

• True
• False