Elements of Drama and Prose

A drama is a type of ______________.

• short story

• play

• poem

• biography

What is an act/scenes in the drama?

• A smaller section of a drama

• A list of characters at the beginning of a play.

• A play that's written to be performed by actors on a stage.

• The lesson of the drama.

The sequence of events that make up a story is called ____________.

• Exposition
• Climax
• Plot
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The people or animals that take part in the action of a story are called ________________.

• Characters
• Plot
• Setting
• Author

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Setting is the ___________________ of the action of the story.

• Problem

• Solution

• time and place

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about
• The topic of the text
• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
• Where and when the story happens

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

What is the theme of this story? 

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• Don't steal.
• Respect your elders.
• Slow and steady wins the race.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is dialogue? 

• A list at the beginning of a play that names all of the characters. 
• The words that characters say to each other in a play.
• Quotation marks. 
• The lesson the play is trying to teach. 

What are stage directions? 

• The words in a play that tell actors what to do instead of what to say. 
• The words that characters say to each other in a play. 
• A list of characters in the beginning of a play. 
• A word that means the same thing as another word. 

Where is the cast of characters listed in a drama? 

• Before the play begins. 
• At the end of the play. 
• In the middle of the play. 
• There is no cast of characters in a drama.