Elements of Drama

Instructions that tell the actors what to do.

• Acts

• Dialogue

• stage directions

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

Smaller parts of the play, it helps us know that the setting or characters have changed.

• Acts

• Dialogue

• stage directions

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Stories acted out in front of people or an audience.

• theme

• Dialogue

• drama

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.10

This person tells the story and informs the “audience,” or reader of background information. This person is not a character in the story. (All knowing)

• Acts

• Dialogue

• actor (character)

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A large part of the play, kind of like a chapter.

• Acts

• scene

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

Lines of text the character speaks in the play

• narrator

• dialogue

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

People, animals, or things that are characters in the play.

• setting

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

Objects needed to perform in a play. Used on stage for actors to use.

• script

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

The text of the play that includes dialogue, stage direction, and narration.

• script

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

Like fiction, Drama has.....

• story elements

• books

• characters

• stories

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5