Elements Of Drama Vocab

Question 0

The author of the script

Answer 0

Playwright

Question 1

A written form of a play

Answer 1

Script

Question 2

Small parts; usually happen in a time or place (setting changes when scenes changes when scenes change)

Answer 2

Scenes

Question 3

Group of 2 or more scenes that form a major division in a play

Answer 3

Acts

Question 4

Who’s in a play

Answer 4

Cast of characters

Question 5

Name of the characters who will be speaking

Answer 5

Speech tag

Question 6

Directions to actors and actresses to describe emotions & facial expressions (written in italics)

Answer 6

Stage directions

Question 7

Conversation between 2 or more characters ***prefix “Di” =2

Answer 7

Dialogue

Question 8

Called a soliloquy monologue is a speech by 1 character who is alone on stage

Answer 8

Monologue

Question 9

Dialogue and monologue show qualities; reveal things such as fear, arrogance, doubt, or bravery

Answer 9

Character traits

Question 10

Plot diagram

Answer 10

Exposition , rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Question 11

Plots and conflicts

Answer 11

Person vs. person 
Person vs. society 
Person vs. nature
Person vs. self 
Person vs. fate

Question 12

A statement about life around which the playwright builds the play

Answer 12

Theme

Question 13

Contrast between expectation and reality

Answer 13

Irony

Question 14

Occurs when people watching know something, that the people on stage do not know

Answer 14

Dramatic irony

Question 15

Goes from oldest to newest in which events occur

Answer 15

Chronological order

Question 16

When the current action of a play stops to go back in time

Answer 16

Flashback