Elements of Drama

Large segments of a play; "chapters"

• Scenes

• Acts

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

Smaller segments of a play; shown in a single setting

• Drama

• Acts

• Scenes

• Dialogue

Lines spoken by actors in a drama

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Narrator

• Scenes

Instructions that tell actors how to move or how to say something

• Narrator

• Dialogue

• Acts

• Stage Directions

People who portray the characters in a drama

• Narrators

• Actors

• Villians

• Stage Hands

The person who tells the story to the audience; NOT a character

• Director

• Reader

• Character

• Narrator

Genre of literature that is meant to be performed

• Fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

• Nonfiction

The complete written text of a drama

• Script

• Book

• Novel

• Play

The person who writes the script

• Narrator

• Playwright

• Director

• Writer

The background and scenery used to organize the stage

• Stage

• Set

• Play

• Drama