Drama Terms and Stage Directions

The MAJOR or Largest division within a play.

• Scene

• Line

• Act

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The imaginary wall through which the audience views the play.

• aside

• scene

• fourth wall

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A reoccurring themes, subject, or idea throughout the play or novel.

• motif

• foil

• silioquey

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

• comedy

• tragedy

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

speaking as if people are listening weather or not they are, and vocalizing a decision or options.

• soliloquy

• aside

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play.

• hubris

• prologue

• chorus

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

a contrast between expectation and reality

• irony

• antagonist

• tragic flaw

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character

• irony

• tragedy

• comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

• Static character

• dynamic character

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A conversation between two or more characters

• aside

• monologue

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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