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

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.

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.

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

Script A written version of a play.

Dialogue A conversation between two characters.

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

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

Drama The actions and words of characters on a stage.

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

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