THEATRE TERMS MATCHING
Name: ______________________
___ SETTING
1. An act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of
entertainment.
___ SCENE
2. The written text of a stage play, screenplay, or broadcast
___ SOUND
___ CLIMAX
3. A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea
or a feeling
___ PLAYWRIGHT
4. The making of articulate sounds (as in pronunciation)
___ ARTICULATION
5. The background (as time and place) of the action of a story or
performance
___ PERFORMANCE
6. A woman or girl who acts especially in a play or movie or on television
___ DIALOGUE
7. A particular impression obtained by hearing
___ PART
___ DIRECTOR
8. The point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the
action
___ SCRIPT
9. A person who writes plays
___ ACTRESS
10. A single situation or conversation in a play
___ GESTURE
11. Conversation given in a written story or play
___ AUDIENCE
12. A group that listens or watches (as at a play or concert)
___ STAGE
13. The space or area where a performance take place
___ ACTOR
14. A man or boy who acts especially in a play or movie or on television
___ PLOT
15. An actor or actresses role in a play
___ PROTAGONIST
16. The main story (as of a literary work, play, or movie)
___ REHEARSAL
17. A small object such as a book, weapon etc, used by actors in a play
___ SCENERY
18. The words of a part in a play
___ PROP
19. A private performance or practice session in preparation for a public
appearance such as a play
___ LINE
___ EXPOSITION
20. The first part of a piece of music or a play in which the theme is
presented
21. The painted scenes or hangings and accessories used on a theater
stage
22. One that guides the making of a show (as for stage or screen)
23. The chief character in a play, novel, or story