Elements of Drama grade 7

What is a drama?

• A story where people overreact to events or to each other

• A movie

• A story that has both facts and fiction

• A play

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is a playwright?

• A person who helps create the scenery on stage

• A person who writes plays

• A person who edits the mistakes in a play

• A person who directs a play or movie

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a scene?

• A painting at the back of the stage

• A small section of a play, covering one event

• A bad reaction from a character

• A view of the play from one section of the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is an actor?

• A person who performs as a character other than him- or herself.

• A person who is fake to people he or she knows

• A person who takes over a presentation if the main speaker is unable to be there

• A person who pretends to pay attention in class

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is characterization?

• When the audience can tell who the protagonist and the antagonist are on stage

• When an actor uses emotions and expression to read his or her lines

• How a person portrays a real life person on stage

• The clues, including dialogue, expressions, and actions, to what kind of people the characters are

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is dialogue?

• When two people who disagree try to work out their differences by talking

• When there are only two people on a stage for a moment

• When more than one person is talking in a conversation

• when someone on stage is explaining the conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a comedy?

• A show meant to make people laugh

• A show with a happy ending; it may contain humor

• A show where the bad guy loses

• A show with romance and the characters break into song

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is a tragedy?

• A play that ends sadly because the main character does not get what he or she deserves

• A play about a sad event like a natural disaster or a war

• A play where the main character dies

• A play that turns out to be boring

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7