Drama Vocab

A humorous play that has a happy ending

• Tragedy

• Conflict

• Comedy

• Foil

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A play that is serious & sad and often ends with the death of the main character

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Scene

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A long speech given by one character

• Monologue

• Prologue

• Play

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

introduction to a play delivered by the actors

• Setting

• Prologue

• Monologue

• Catharsis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Descriptions that tell the actors what to do and where to be on the stage

• Narrator

• Thespian

• Prop

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Objects used on stage by actors during a performance

• Cast

• Illumination

• Prop

• Play

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

written text of a play

• Script

• Act

• Theme

• Line

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

major section of a play usually made up of many scenes

• Scene

• Plot

• Theme

• Act

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

subdivision of an act

• Tragedy

• Scene

• Act

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character

• Foil

• Tragedy

• Staging

• Director

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C