Act

A major division of a play

Actors/Actresses

People who perform in a play

Antagonist

The character who opposes the main character

Characters

The people portrayed by the actors

Conflict

The problem faced by the characters

Dialogue

The lines that the characters speak in a play

Drama

A genre of literaure that is meant to beperformed

Playwright

The author of the play

Plot

The basic storyline of the play

Props

Any moveable object that appears on stage during aperformance

Prose

The ordinary form of written or spoken language used inshort stories, novels, nonfiction, etc.

Protagonist

The main character of the play

Scene

A division of an act

Scenery

The equipment such as curtains, flats, backdrops, orplatforms used to create a setting

Stage Directions

Written instructions for performing a play. They tell theactors how to move on stage and how to say their lines.They tell the director/stage manager how to do lighting,

scenery, and props

Theme

The deeper message of the play