REVIEW on the ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

Someone who writes plays and also known as a dramatist.

• Actors

• Author

• Playwright

• Character

It is a piece of writing in the form of drama composed of dialogue, stage directions and instructions to the actors and director.

• Comedy

• Drama

• Script

• Playwright

The conversation between two or more characters in a literary work.

• Drama

• Dialogue

• Script

• Playwright

The form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and dialogue of a game, scene or story are made up in the moment.

• Comedy

• Drama

• Theater

• Improvisation

The main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.

• Conflict

• Drama

• Theme

• Theater

The person who portrays a character in a performance.

• Actors

• Author

• Playwright

• Scriptwriter

The audience knows something the characters don’t

• Drama

• Improvisation

• Dramatic Irony

• Tragic Irony

It is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.

• Actors

• Conflict

• Problem

• Theme

A drama or literary work that depicts calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending.

• Drama

• Comedy

• Dialogue

• Tragedy

It is a device in which an object, person or situation is given another meaning beyond its literal one.

• Act

• Audience

• Improvisation

• Symbolism