Drama Terms Lesson

Elements of Drama

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What is drama?

• Stories written long ago & passed down from generation to generation.

• Stories that can be acted out in front of an audience.

• Stories that have magical elements in it.

• Nonfiction text that a reader can learn something from.

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The written text of a play is called what?

• script

• poem

• novel

• narrative

Multiple Choice

What is a narrator?

• An actor in a play.

• The person who writes a play.

• The person who dismisses the audience for intermission.

• A person who tells the story, but is not a character in the story.

Multiple Choice

How are plays divided?

• Into parts and chapters

• Into acts and scenes

• Into sections and subsections

• Into stanzas and lines

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A subdivision of an act.

• Act
• Character
• Setting
• Scene

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A major unit of action in a play similar that is similar to a chapter in a book.

• Scene
• Act
• Setting
• Character

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The playwright’s instructions to the director, performers, and stage crew. Usually set in italics and explain how characters move and speak.

• Dialogue
• Monologue
• Soli
• Stage Directions

Multiple Choice

The conversations between characters in a drama or literary work.

• Dialogue
• Conflict
• Cast
• Characters

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The sequence of actions and events.

• Character
• Scene
• Theme
• Plot

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The central idea or life lesson the writer intends to share with the reader.

• Theme
• Plot
• Act
• Monologue

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The time and place a work occurs.

• Foil
• Actor
• Plot
• Setting

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The author of a drama

• Playwright

• Character

• Foil

• Scene