Elements of Drama Practice

a division within a play, much like the chapters of a novel

• act
• aside
• cast of characters
• comedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

the author reveals specific traits about the character so the audience knows about them

• monologue

• direct characterization

• comedy

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a list of characters presented before th action begins

• cast of characters
• comedy
• dialogue
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

a humorous (funny) work of drama

• comedy
• dialogue
• drama
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

conversation (talking to each other) between two or more characters

• dialogue
• drama dramatic irony
• monologue
  monologue
• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience

• drama
• dramatic irony
• monologue
• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know

• dramatic irony
• monologue
• scene
• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

character who sets the scene for the play and comments of things that happen in the play

• cast

• playwright

• narrator

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

a division of an act into smaller parts

• scene
• soliloquy
• stage directions
• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

the author of a play

• playwright

• stage directions
• tragedy
• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7