Elements of Drama

the person who wrote the play

• monologue

• playwright

• author

Who gives the audience information about what is happening in the play

• narrator

• director

• actor

What is the message or lessons you can learn from the story called?

• theme

• story

• dialogue

What are the lines of the text the character speaks in the play called?

• words

• dialogue

• sentences

What are instructions written into the script of the play?

• orders

• stage directions

• commands

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

What is the difference between dialogue and monologue?

• Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone.

• Monologue is conversation between two characters. Dialogue is conversation between three or more characters.

• Dialogue is conversation between two or more characters. Monologues appear only in novels.

• Dialogue is conversation between only two characters. In a monologue, one character speaks alone.

What is an article or object that appears on stage during a play?

• Prop

• Playwright

• Scene

• Stage Direction

The list of characters given before the play begins is called 

• Cast of Characters

• Character List 

• Cast of Cats

• Cat List

Italicized portions of text that give information beyond dialogue are called 

• stage directions

• confusing

• stage development

• dialogue