Elements of Drama

This refers to the action or the basic storyline of the play.

• Dialogue

• Theme

• Plot

• Characters

These are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play.

• Characters

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Theme

This is the conversation between two or more people.

• Characters

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Theme

This is an idea or point that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (for example, love, death, betrayal,etc.).

• Plot

• Characters

• Dialogue

• Theme

This is the playwright's moral or ethical position about the story he/she is writing.

• Plot

• Theme

• Dialogue

• Characters