Elements of Drama

The performers in a drama

• setting

• cast of characters

• dialogue

• scene

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The main divisions in a drama

• acts

• scenes

• settings

• stage directions

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

A smaller division within an act of a drama

• scene

• setting

• dialogue

• plot

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

The place and time where the action takes place

• cast of characters

• setting

• act

• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The lines spoken by the characters

• stage directions

• setting

• dialogue

• plot

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The directions telling characters how to speak or act; also about sound, lighting, and props

• stage directions

• scene

• dialogue

• plot

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CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A speech given by one actor, heard by everybody

• dialogue

• monologue

• verbal irony

• soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

The central message the author wants to convey to the audience

• theme

• plot

• setting

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is drama?

• trouble caused by "friends"
• the written words and directions for actors to follow
• the characters that perform in a play
• a story that is written to be performed or acted out

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is the correct term for "objects used in a play that bring it to life"?

• scripts
• dialogue
• characters
• props

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.3