Structural Elements of a Play

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

Playwright:

The person who writes the play.

Play Write = Write the Play

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 a Drama's "Script"?

• 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