Elements and Structures of Drama

Elements and Structures of Drama

Today we will learn: What Drama is, and what it takes for Playwrights to make one.

Multiple Choice

What will you learn by the end of today's lesson?

• Why Drama's are so popular

• How a Drama can make a fiction better

• What a Drama is, and how Playwrights make them

• Why a Drama is important

The Elements and Structure of Drama

Review and learn new terms found in the drama genre

Multiple Choice

Who is the person who writes the play?

• Playwright

• Author

• Play Write

• Playrighter

Script

• Written text prepared by the playwright

• Shows the lines (Dialogue) for each of the characters

• Gives stage directions

• Describes characters, setting, and actions in the drama

Multiple Select

What does a playwright include in the script?

(Select all that apply.)

• Stage Directions

• Dialogue

• Only Actors Names

• Characters, Setting, and Actions

• Rhyming Words

Stage Directions:

• Not meant to be spoken outloud

• Tells actors where to go onstage (Ex: "Sits on the couch)

• Describes an emotion or tone a character should express [Ex: Angrily]

• Shown between [BRACKETS] or (Parenthesis)

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not true about stage directions?

• Can express an emotion or tone

• Show the actors where to go on stage

• Come in between brackets only & not parenthesis

• They are not meant to be spoken out loud.

How do play writes organize a Drama?

Just like a fiction has chapters a Drama has Acts and Scenes

Acts & Scenes

• Acts: The largest part a Drama can be split into

• Scenes: The Smallest part an Act can be split into.

• Each Act tells a different part/event of the story

• A Scene changes when the setting changes

Multiple Choice

Fill in the Blank: Drama's can be divided into ____, then can be divided into smaller parts called ______ when the _______ usually changes.

• Parts, Pieces, Setting

• Acts, Scenes, Setting

• Acts, Pieces, Characters

• Parts, Scenes, Party

Costumes, Props, & Sets

• Costumes: Clothing that help actors look like their characters and bring them to life

• Props: Objects that Actors might hold/use as their characters use them.

• Sets: The stage, the setting, where all the actions of the characters take place in front of the audience

Multiple Choice

A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.

• songs

• lines

• books

• jokes

Dropdown

The text of the play: ​

Select answer

The words said by the characters: ​

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The time and place in the play:​

Select answer

A chapter in a play that contains more than one scene:​

Select answer

The person who tells what happens during the play: ​

Select answer

Drag and Drop

Lines spoken by actors is known as.

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

dialogue

script

comedy

tragedy

Multiple Choice

The conversation between characters.

• setting

• characters

• dialogue

• script

Multiple Choice

A group of scenes that divides the play, opera, or other drama into important parts of the story (hint: there can be 1-5 of these)

• chapter

• monologue

• scene

• act