Drama STAAR Vocabulary

In general, tragedy involves the ruin of the leading characters (something depressing or disastrous happens).

• Comedy

• Props

• Tragedy

The author of the play.

• Drama

• Playwright

• Stage Directions

Which of the following is NOT a way to recognize this text as a play (drama)?

• It has a title

• It has a list of characters

• It is broken into scenes

• It has dialogue and stage directions

Which of the following is an example of dialogue from the text?

• CARTER: A nine-year-old boy

• [The curtain opens. Carter, Marcus, and Ruben are sitting on the bench at an empty park basketball court, rolling a basketball back and forth.]

• RUBEN: I can’t believe David is going to miss our basketball tournament.

• SCENE 1

A drama is broken into scenes because-

• the setting might change

• a new character might be introduced

• the events change

• all of the above

What is an object used on the set of a play called?

• a prop

• a scene

• dialogue

• excerpt

The author of a drama is called a-

• poet

• playwright

• narrator

• actor

A poet writes a poem. An ___ writes a play.

• poet

• scene

• playwright

• actor

Dialogue refers to the parts that are spoken out loud.

• True

• False

Scenes in a play are like ___ in a book.

• Pages

• Chapters

• Words

• Titles