Elements of Drama

The performers in a drama

• setting

• cast of characters

• dialogue

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

The place and time where the action takes place

• cast of characters

• setting

• act

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

The lines spoken by the characters

• stage directions

• setting

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3B

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

• stage directions

• scene

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

A speech which reveals a character's thoughts and feelings, heard only by the audience

• dialogue

• monologue

• dramatic irony

• soliloquy

a part in the play: they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting

• narrator

• author

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

People or animals who play a character in a drama are called:

• Characters

• Narrator

• Scene

• Actors

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

Small sections of a play, when the characters or setting changes:

• Setting

• Drama

• Scenes

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is a large section of a play?

• Drama

• Scenes

• Script

• Acts

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is the description at the beginning of the play do?

• Tells you about the actors.

• Tells you where you can go to the bathroom.

• Tells you background information about the story.

• Tells you to turn your phones off.