Elements of a Drama

What lets us know when and where a drama takes place?

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.5

Stage directions are usually written in what format?

• Bold in quotation marks

• Italics in parenthesis

• Underlined in capital letters

What element of drama lets us know what an actor should do, act, and sound on stage?

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

What is the cast of characters in a drama and where is it located?

• A list of characters that tells who the characters are at the beginning of the play.

• A list of actors in the play at the end.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is a written book for actors that they use to know what they need to say and do in their performance?

• Setting

• Script

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

When two or more characters are having a conversation it is called...

• Setting

• Script

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.3.3B

Which is an example of stage directions?

• (They line up on the side of the stage.)

• Atalanta: Don't be so sure about that, Dad.

• Setting: A Kindom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who provides the audience with information about what is happening in the performance?

• The director

• The narrator

• The audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The author of a play (drama) is called..

• the narrator

• the playwright

• the poet

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

The scenes change when the _________ changes.

• setting

• characters

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.5