Dramatic Terms

Act:

• A way in which a play is divided

• The turning point of the play

• The time and place of a story

• The overall feeling a reader gets when reading a text

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Stage Directions

• Lines in a play that are not spoken by the actors

• A list of characters in a play

• An author's word choice and the phrases they might use

• The background information of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Diction

• The overall feeling a reader gets when reading a text

• A struggle between two or more characters

• An author's word choice and the phrases they might use

• When one character talks for a long time completely by themselves

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lines in a play that are not spoken by the actors

• Tone

• Stage Directions

• Exit

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When one character talks for a long period of time uninterrupted

• Dilemma

• Stage directions

• Dialogue

• Monolgoue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A sudden change in the direction of the play--often occurs just when the reader or viewer thinks they know what is going to happen

• Theme

• Plot twist

• Climax

• Stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What drives a character to do the things they do

• Motivation

• Conflict

• Dilemma

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A list of characters in a play

• Cast of Characters

• Conflict

• Protagonist

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Often a general lesson or moral, and there are many "universal themes," like "good vs. evil" or "the power of love."

• Conflict

• Diction

• Theme

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When you are reading or watching something and you learn something that other characters in the story do not yet know.

• Plot twist

• Stage directions

• Dilemma

• Dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A