Elements of Drama

A story acted out live and onstage

• play

• script

• dialogue

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

True or False: Does a play follow the usual narrative plot development?

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

Creates tension that increases as the play progresses

• climax

• conflict

• plot

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

The emotional high point of the story

• climax

• conflict

• monologue

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The text of the play

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

The conversation between characters in a play

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

A long speech by one character to one or more other characters onstage.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

A speech by a character alone onstage, who is speaking to himself/herself or to the audience.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

A comment that only the audience is supposed to hear.

• climax

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

The author makes a direct statement about a character's traits.

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Dialogue

• Prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3