| A | B |
|---|
| innocent | did not commit the crime |
| props | objects actors use |
| music | tunes or melodies used in the play |
| scenes | the action of a play that is divided into segments |
| guilty | did commit the crime |
| act | a group of scenes |
| evidence | something that gives information toward solving the crime |
| alibi | where a person is and who he was with when a crime happened |
| lighting effects | the lighting used to create a mood or feeling on stage |
| stage directions | tell what is happening on stage, found in italics/parentheses |
| sound effects | used to imitate sounds called for in a play-contributes to the mood |
| suspect | person who appears to have a reason to have committed the crime |
| framed | makes it seem as if another person committed the crime |
| accomplice | a person who helped to commit the crime |
| drama | a written work that tells a story through action and speech-it is meant to be acted on stage |
| scenery | all of the decorations on stage that help to create the setting |
| deduction | collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion |
| playbill | a booklet that gives information on the play including characters, advertisements etc. |
| monologue | a long uninterrupted speech by one person |
| red herring | a false lead that throws investigators off track |
| dialogue | conversation, people talking |
| motive | reason for committing the crime |
| adaptation | change in form of a literary piece |
| cast of characters | list of character names, found in the beginning of the script |
| mood | the feeling expressed in the literary work |
| scene change | the action of the play changes whenever the setting changes |
