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Drama Terms and Vocabulary

Drama Terms and Vocabulary. Quiz on Monday, January 27 th , 2014. Setting. T he place and time where the events take place. I t dominates the audience's experience of the drama. It quite literally forms the backdrop for the action. . Stage Directions.

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Drama Terms and Vocabulary

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  1. Drama Terms and Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, January 27th, 2014

  2. Setting • The place and time where the events take place. • It dominates the audience's experience of the drama. • It quite literally forms the backdrop for the action.

  3. Stage Directions • A playwright's instructions, usually embedded within the script itself, on how the written work should be adapted to live performance. • Indicate how the dialogue should be acted out, how the characters should be positioned against one another and the set, and how they should move about the stage.

  4. Plot • What the characters do and what happens to them, includes introduction, rising action, turning point, falling point, and conclusion.

  5. Script • A written version of a play.

  6. Dialogue • A conversation between two characters.

  7. Character • Any person portrayed by an actor in a drama, those who the play revolves around.

  8. Scene • Part of a play during which there is no change in time or place.

  9. Drama • The actions and words of characters on a stage.

  10. Point of View • The way the playwright allows you to “see” and “hear” what’s going on.

  11. Act • Part of a play defined by rising action, turning point, and resolution or conclusion.

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