Features of Dramas/Plays

What is a play?

• A story to be performed by actors on stage.

• Something that happens after second period.

• A big book with many pictures.

• A big book with many chapters.

What are characters in a play?

• The people in the play

• The things used in a play

• The place the play takes place

• The punctuation that starts and ends stage directions.

What do stage directions do?

• Tell an actor how to move or speak.

• Tell you how to get to the stage.

• The things used in a play

• The people in a play.

What is dialogue?

• What the actors say.

• The distance through the center of a circle.

• What the actors do.

• Where the play takes place.

What is the setting of a play?

• The things used in a play.

• A description of where the play takes place.

• The punctuation after the character names.

• Tells the actors how to speak or move.

How are stage directions written?

• in bold

• in brackets

• in capital letters

• with a pencil

Select all that apply to dramas:

• scenes

• paragraphs

• acts

• stanzas

How are dramas organized?

• In chapters

• In stanzas

• In scenes

• In paragraphs

What are the sections called in this example?

• Stanzas

• Chapters

• Stories

• Scenes

What is two or more characters speaking to each other called?

• Drama

• Dialogue

• Imagery

• Analyzing