Elements of Drama

What is Drama?

• "Stories written long ago & passed down through generations."

• "Stories that have magical elements in it."

• "Stories that can be acted out in front of an audience."

• "Nonfiction text that a reader can learn something

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What do you call when and where the play takes place?

• Script

• Stage Directions

• Plot

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

These are the actors who act out in the play.

• Characters

• Act

• Narrator

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.10

Drama may also have a message or main idea. What is another word for message or main idea?

• Plot

• Setting

• Scene

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

What do you call the main sequence of events?

• Act

• Plot

• Scene

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What are the lines of parts that are spoken by the actors called?

• Dialogue

• Act

• Drama

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

What do you call the written instructions that tell an actor what to do / how to say something?

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What do you call the written text of a play, including the dialogue and the stage directions?

• Script

• Plot

• Stage Directions

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

Chapters or chunks of the story are called?

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Smaller chunk of the story that takes place in a single setting is called?

• Stage

• Scene

• Plot

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.5