Elements of Drama

Front

What is drama?

Back

a story that is written to be performed or acted out

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Front

What is the correct term for "objects used in a play that bring it to life"?

Back

props

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is the correct term for "words that the characters say in a drama"?

Back

Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

Front

Which of the following best describes a "script"? Options: the written words that characters speak and directions in a play/drama, the "chapters" of a play/drama, the problem or struggle in a story, the place where a drama is performed

Back

the written words that characters speak and directions in a play/drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

"Acts" in a play/drama can be compared to...

Back

the "chapters" in a book

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Front

A list that includes the characters, or parts, that will be in the play

Back

cast of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Front

A part in the play: they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting.

Back

narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

Words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us what the character is doing or details about the setting

Back

stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

Front

What lesson can the audience learn from how the characters change throughout the drama?

Back

theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

the action or main events

Back

plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3