Elements of Drama

What is a drama?

• A story that you read in a book.

• A story that is acted out on stage or in front of an audience.

• A paragraph about characters and the setting.

• A story that is fiction.

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The lines the characters speak out loud are called:

• setting

• dialogue

• cast of characters

• drama

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Big sections in a drama are called:

• scenes

• setting

• drama

• acts

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Small sections in a play, when characters change or setting change are called:

• scenes

• setting

• drama

• acts

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Things that tell the actors how to say their lines or what to do on stage are called:

• cast of characters

• dialogue

• drama

• stage directions

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A person who writes dramas is an:

• author

• illustrator

• playwright

• poet

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A list of characters in the drama are called:

• dialogue

• stage directions

• cast of characters

• drama

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Where and when the story takes place is called:

• setting

• drama

• plot

• scene

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The person who gives the audience background information of the story and characters are called:

• actors

• narrator

• drama

• act

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What do you call the written text that includes the characters and plot of the story?

• stage directions

• plot

• drama

• script

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