Elements of Drama

What does the narrator do?

• Tells the actors what to do and say

• addresses the audience and explains the setting, and thoughts and feelings of the actors

• writes the play

• publishes the play

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

Drama is written with the intent to be preformed.

• True

• False

The format in which drama is written is called ______.

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

• script

• bars

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

Drama can be fiction or nonfiction.

• True

• False

The cast is ___________.

• The person who is the main character.

• The people who read the play.

• The people who write the play.

• The characters in the play.

Why does a playwright include stage directions in a script?

• to provide information about the time period in which a play is set.

• to provide information about how the dialogue in a play should be spoken.

• to provide information about how the play should look to the audience.

• to provide information about the setting, characters, dialogue, and appearance of a play.

What is the difference between dialogue and monologue?

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

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

• 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.

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

The antagonist is ___________.

• "bad guy"

• main character "good guy"

• writes the play

• watches the play

The protagonist is the ________.

• main character "good guy"

• writes the play

• the "bad guy" character against the main character

• narrator

The problem, or struggle that the characters face is?

• The exposition

• The conflict

• The conclusion

• The setting