DRAMA VOCABULARY (TCHS)

a humorous play that has a light tone and a happy ending

• comedy

• tragedy

• soliloquy

• prologue

the division of a play consisting of several scenes

• Monologue

• Drama

• Script

• Act

objects used to bring drama to life

• script

• props

• theater

• stage directions

A person who writes dramatic texts.

• Stage Directions

• Voice

• Stage Right

• Playwright

Moveable items that actors use to make their actions seem realistic on stage.

• Sound Effects

• Narrator

• Props

• Dialogue

A subdivision (minor unit) of an act in a drama.

• Act

• Scene

• Narrator

• Theme

The written pages of a drama or a play.

• Dialogue

• Characters

• Plot

• Script

Instructions by the playwright that may describe the set, a sound effect, the lighting, on the appearance or actions of a character.

• Tone

• Stage Directions

• Dramatic convention

• Characters

A conversation between characters.

• Script

• Voice

• Mood

• Dialogue

A long, uninterrupted speech by a character in a play?

• monologue

• soliloquy

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse