Drama Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. one of the major divisions of a play. When it changes, the setting or characters may also change.
  2. 4. a story that is acted out in front of people or an audience.
  3. 6. tells the actors where to go on stage, how to move, how to say their lines, tells them how to feel and think. (Always found in parenthesis)
  4. 7. a description (not a physical description) that calls to mind a character's traits and personality in an unique way
  5. 9. a part or role in a play. Listed at the beginning of the play and tells who is in the play.
Down
  1. 1. the person who wrote the play.
  2. 2. the lines of text the characters speak in the play. The character tag appears before the lines.
  3. 5. a speaker that gives the audience information about what is happening in the play.
  4. 6. the form that a play is written in. It contains the cast of characters, the lines the characters say and the stage directions.
  5. 8. located within an act. When the it changes, the setting or characters may also change.
  6. 10. where and when the play takes place, many plays have more than one.