Mrs. Clark presents…
Drama Vocabulary
Types of Drama
• Drama- is a word often used to describe plays that
address serious subjects
– Ex: Christmas Carol
• Comedy-a form of drama that has a happy ending.
Humor comes out of the character’s dialogue and
situation. These plays are written for
entertainment, but it could address a serious
issue.
-EX: Charlie Brown
• Tragedy-a form of drama in which events lead
to the downfall of the main character. The
character is a person of great significance, like
a king or heroic figure.
• EX: Macbeth
King Arthur/Camelot
characters
• People who take part in the action.
conflict
• Problem between two characters or forces.
theme
• A message or insight about life.
acts
• The units of the action in a drama. Acts are
often divided into parts called scenes.
dialogue
• The term given to the words
characters say. Quotation
marks are not used in a script,
which is a printed form of the
play. Instead, the words of
each character appear next to
the character’s name.
Stage directions
• Sets of bracketed information that tell what
the stage looks like and how the characters
should move and speak.
Set
• The construction on stage that suggests the
time and place of the action.
Props
• Movable items—objects like a book, a
suitcase, or a flashlight—that the actors use to
make their actions look realistic.
Monologue
• is a speech presented by a single character,
most often to express their thoughts aloud,
though sometimes also to directly address
another character or the audience.
Soliloquy
• is a device often used in drama whereby a
character speaks to himself or herself, relating
his or her thoughts and feelings, thereby also
sharing them with the audience.
Strand: Drama and Theatre
Topic: How the Arts are Organized
Standard 3: DRAMA AND THEATRE: Understand and apply the skills of acting, design and technical theatre and understand the role of drama in
various cultures throughout history
Grade: 5
Score4.0
In addition to Score3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught, such as:
assuming multiple roles (i.e. actor, director, scriptwriter or technical artist)in a class dramatization
Score3.5
In addition to Score3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial success.
Score3.0
While involved in tasks related to art organization the student:
(FA 5.3.1) creates a class dramatization by collaborating as actors, directors, scriptwriters and technical artists (i.e., student assumes one role in a class
dramatization)
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions.
Score2.5
No major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and process and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes.
Score2.0
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:
• recognizes or recalls specific terminology such as:
o actor
o director
o scriptwriter
o technical artist
• performs basic processes such as:
o performing in a group, the dramatization of a single scene
o recognizing or recalling accurate statements about how roles function within a drama
o recognizing or recalling accurate statements about and examples of the collaboration skills needed in dramatization
However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.
Score1.5
Partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes but major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures.
Score1.0
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.
Score0.5
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes but not the more complex ideas and processes.
Score0.0
Even with help, no understanding or skill demonstrated.