Elements of Drama

The actions that take place in a setting

• Stage Directions

• Theme

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

The time, place or era of play

• Drama

• Characters

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

A written story told through the characters dialogue to be read.

• Dialogue

• Drama

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

People or creatures of play

• Characters

• Props

• Sets

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Lines of a play the characters speak.

• Narrator

• Dialogue

• Act

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The sequence of events in a play.

• Plot

• Sets

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Tells actors what to do, how to say something and where to go.

• Stage Directions

• Narrator

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

The message of the story.

• Drama

• Narrator

• Theme

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

Give audience information about what is happening in a play.

• Script

• Stage Directions

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

The text of a play, including the dialogue the actors speak

• Script

• Plot

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3