Elements of Drama

At the beginning of the play tells who the characters are.

• cast of characters
• narrator
• dialogue
• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Provides the audience with the information about what is happening in the play.

• narrator
• stage directions
• acts
• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Where and when the story takes place.

• setting
• dialogue
• stage directions
• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

The lines the characters speak in the play.

• dialogue
• setting
• scenes
• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Tell the actor what to do.  They appear inside parentheses (), written in italics, and tell the character where to go on stage, how to move, and how to say their line.

• stage directions
• cast of characters
• narrator
• diagloue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The special form that a play is written in with list of characters, the lines of the characters say, and the stage directions.

• script
• diaglogue
• narrator
• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Parts of a play.

• acts and scenes
• setting
• dialogue
• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3