Elements of Drama

DRAMA

• THE TEXT OF THE PLAY

• WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TELLING THE ACTORS WHAT TO DO

• A STORY PERFORMED BY ACTORS ON A STAGE

• THE PERSON WHO TELLS WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PLAY

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

SCRIPT

• THE TEXT OF THE PLAY

• THE WORDS SAID BY THE CHARACTERS

• THE TIME AND PLACE IN THE PLAY

• THE PERSON WHO TELLS WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PLAY

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CAST OF CHARACTERS

• THE PERSON WHO TELLS WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PLAY

• THE TIME AND PLACE IN THE PLAY

• WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TELLING THE ACTORS WHAT TO DO

• ALL OF THE CHARACTERS, USUALLY PORTRAYED BY ACTORS

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

ACT

• THE ACTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN A SINGLE SETTING

• WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TELLING THE ACTORS WHAT TO DO

• WORDS SAID BY THE CHARACTERS

• CHAPTER IN A PLAY THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE SCENE

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

SCENE

• THE ACTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN A SINGLE SETTING

• CHAPTER IN A PLAY THAT CONTAIN MORE THAN ONE SCENE

• WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TELLING THE ACTORS WHAT TO DO

• THE WORDS SAID BY THE CHARACTERS

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

True or False: Does a play follow the usual narrative plot development?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

The most intense or turning point of the story.

• climax

• conflict

• monologue

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Creates tension that increases as the play progresses

• climax

• conflict

• plot

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

The person who wrote the play

• monologue

• playwright

• author

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

----- are a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave. They also explain how the stage should look and where props (items used in the play) are located.

• scenes

• stage directions

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.10