Theatrical Terms and Vocabulary
Supporting Vocabulary I
Supporting Vocabulary II
Supporting Vocabulary III
The Traditional Theory of Drama
100
This group must spell this wording meaning a solemn or religious ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order using the Ritual Name Game we played yesterday. You have TWO MINUTES to plan before the performance. GO!
What is A Ritual?
100
This is a fancy word for "non-rhyming" text or speech.
What is Prose?
100
This is a fancy word for "rhyming" text or speech.
What is Verse?
100
This word means to be made up of many different parts; complicated; sometimes hard to understand.
What is Complex?
100
The Traditional Theory of Drama uses this man's theory about living things (plants, animals, etc.) to explain the evolution of drama/theatre. This group must spell his last name using the Ritual Name Game we played yesterday. You have TWO MINUTES to discuss before the performance. GO!
Who Is Charles Darwin?
200
A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the character and performing the dialogue and action.
What is Drama?
200
This group must spell out this word which means "to give up, discontinue, throw away" using the Ritual Name Game we played yesterday. You have TWO MINUTES to discuss before the performance. GO!
What is Abandon?
200
This group must spell this word meaning "to be higher in staus, rank, degree, or importance" using the Ritual Name Game we played yesterday. You have TWO MINUTES to discuss before the performance. GO!
What is Superior?
200
This is a fancy word for being exact, fixed, precise.
What is Refined?
200
This point of the Traditional Theory claims people that had developed such arts as theatre were superior to those that had not.
What is the Second Point of the Traditional Theory of Drama?
300
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.
What is Culure?
300
This is a fany word used to describe something that is complex or intricate (in a good way!) You become more :insert word here: with education, experience, etc.
What is Sophisticated?
300
This is another word for conversation; speech.
What is Dialogue?
300
This group must spell this word which means "to change, alter" using the Ritual Name Game we learned yesterday. You have TWO MINUTES to discuss before the performance. GO!
What is Modify?
300
This point of the Traditional Theory simply claims Darwin's Theory of Evolution can explain drama/theatre because everything grows from something simple.
What is the First Point of the Traditional Theory of Drama?
400
This theory claims all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor.
What is Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
400
This is a fancy word meaning to pretend to be; to mimic.
What is Impersonate?
400
This word is something (usually an object) that is formed by two or more things.
What is a Composition?
400
This is simply another word for presentation; to show.
What is Representation?
400
This point of the Traditional Theory says we can study societies without theatre to learn about what Europe was like thousands of years ago.
What is the Third Point of the Traditional Theory of Drama?
500
This term means any process of formation or growth; development.
What is Evolution?
500
This is a fancy word meaning to be the first or earliest of the kind in existence. This term often describes early, early humans.
What is Primitive?
500
This word means the act of sticking together; uniting, joining together.
What is Cohesion?
500
This group must spell out this word meaning "to be serious, formal, and dignified (self-respect)" using the Ritual Name Game we played yesterday. GO!
What is Solemn?
500
This event that occurred on the islands of Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed the way people studied theatre. Also, during which war did this happen?
What is the dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II?
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