Drama Unit Vocabulary

The words an actor says in a play are called the

• Dialogue

• Actor's Lines

• Monologue

• Speech

The section of a play that explains what happened after the play ends is called the

• Prologue

• Epilogue

• Author's Note

• Foreword

The introduction in a play that provides background info is called the

• Prologue

• Epilogue

• Author's Note

• Foreword

A section of a play that takes place in a specific time or place is a

• Scene

• Act

• Setting

• Staging

The cast of characters is....

• a play intended to make an audience laugh

• the signal given to people working in or on a play

• lines spoken between characters in a play

• the people who act in a play

A person who writes plays is

• Narrator

• Author
• Illustrator
• Playwright

You should skip the stage directions during reading (not performing) a drama selection.

• True

• False

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• stage directions

• scene

• setting

• stage

What are props?

• Actors in play

• The action in a play

• Objects used by actors in a play to help the audience visualize the drama

• Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

Plays are broken up into _______________ and ______________.

• books, chapters

• acts, chapters

• acts, scenes

• scenes, subscenes