Drama Vocabulary

A person who writes a play is called-

• a poet

• a playwright

• an author

• an artist

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The conversation between two characters is called-

• stage direction
• plot
• dialogue 
• cast

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

I am usually a building. I have seats for an audience, and I have a stage for the performers. What am I?

• stage

• theatre

• set

• scene

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

I am made out of paper. Cast members read me to learn their lines in a play. What am I?

• script

• scene

• act

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

I tell the actors where and how to move. What am I?

• scene

• script

• stage directions

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A small section of a play. Each one usually takes place in a specific time and location.

• Dialogue
• Comedy
• Act
• Scene

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A story told through words, actions, and is meant to be performed for an audience

• play or drama

• cast of characters

• actors

• scene

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the actors use these items to make the drama believable

• actors
• drama
• props
• set

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a change in the setting

• plot
• dialogue
• cast of characters
• scence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

what the actors wear

• props
• costumes
• setting
• scene

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D