Elements of Drama

the characters, or parts, that will be in the play

• script

• dialogue

• cast of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

a part in the play: they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting

• narrator

• author

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

the lines the characters say narrator1: boy: girl:

• speaking

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

a large section of a play. includes several scences

• acts

• scenes

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us 1. what the character is doing 2. details about the setting

• tragedy

• theme

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

objects needed to perform the play

• props

• theme

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

words spoken by one of the characers when they are alone

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

the main idea (lesson) the author is trying to make

• main idea

• theme

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

the action or main events

• main idea

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9