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Drama Vocab 1
Drama Vocab 2
Drama Vocab 3
Drama Vocab 4
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A list of the characters in a dramatic work.
Cast of Characters
100
A smaller unit of action in a dramatic work that is part of an act.
Scene
100
Objects that actors use during the dramatic performance.
Props
100
The reason why a characters says, does, or thinks something.
Motivation
200
The most important characters in the play. They have the most lines and involved in most of the action.
Main Characters
200
The text of a dramatic work that includes the dialogue between characters and stage directions.
Script
200
Paintings or screens (on stage) or actual locations (in a T.V. or movie) that establish the setting.
Scenery
200
A story, written in prose or poetry, intended to be performed (in a theatre, on television, on the radio, or in a movie).
Drama
300
Characters with less lines, and who interact with the main characters to help further the plot.
Minor Characters
300
The words that the actors speak and that make up the dialogue.
Lines
300
A central idea or message in a text, typically about life, the world, or human nature.
Theme
400
A voice or character that is usually not part of the action and who sets the scene, provides background information, and may comment on the action.
Narrator
400
Instructions in the script for the actors, the director, and the stage crew.
Stage Directions
400
The event that happens first chronologically.
Cause
500
A major division in the action of a dramatic work.
Act
500
Conversations between two or more characters used to advance the plot.
Dialogue.
500
An event that happens as a result of a cause.
Effect