Drama Word Wall

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DRAMAVOCABULARY

WORD WALL
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Acta

division of a

play
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Antagonist

the character whoprovides the obstacles

to the protagonists

objective in a play
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Asidean observation

or remark made by a

character to the

audience that is not

being heard by other

actors
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Casting

selecting which actorswill play which

roles/characters
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Charactersthe

personalities or parts

that actors become ina play; roles played by

actors in a play
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Climaxthe point

of highest dramatic

tension or a major

turning point in the

action of the play
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Conflict

the point ina play where action

meets obstacle; the

opposition of

persons, forces, or

ideas that gives rise
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to dramatic action in

a play

Costumesthe
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clothing worn

by the actorswho play the

characters

Critiquethe art of
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evaluating or analyzing

the play

Developmentthe

phase in the action


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after the exposition has

been presented and theplot has begun to build

toward the climax


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Dialoguethe words

spoken by the actors ina play


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iction

the word

choices made by the

playwright
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Director

individual who is in charge

of all aspects of the

production in a play;

generally responsible for

the final decision in all

areas of production
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Expositioninformation

about what has happened

before the action of the

play begins; the set-up
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Foreshadowing

clues given to the

audience about

upcoming events in

the play
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Improvisationimpromptu acting

based on the following

circumstances: whothe

characters; whatthe action;

wherethe place; and whenthe

time the action takes place
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Monologuea work written

to be spoken by just one

person. This may be full

length, as in a one-man or

one-woman show
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Playwrightthe

individual who writes a

play
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Plot

what happens in aplay; the order of

events; the story as

opposed to the themewhat happens rather

than who it means
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Props

objects used by characters on

stage during a play. Handpropan object small enough

to be carried easily
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Protagonist

theprincipal character

around whom the

action revolves
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Rehearsal

preparing a play

for performance
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Reversala

plot reversal when an

action produces the
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opposite of what was

desired or expected

Rolea

part/character/personwritten by a playwright
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Script

the play in written

form
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Setthe environmentof the play; scenery

and furniture
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Soliloquya

speech in which

an actor, usually

alone on stage,

speaks his or herthoughts aloud
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Stagethe area

where the actors

perform the play
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Tensionthe state of

anxiety induced in the

audience by the threat

of danger to a

character in the play
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Themewhat the play

means as opposed to

what happens (plot);the main idea or

message within the

play
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