Elements of Drama

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

A -------- is the series of related events that make up a story.

Generally, a description of the ------ is what you provide when someone asks: "What's the story about?"

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

-------is a struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces. ------can also occur within a character. For example, a character might struggle internally to make a difficult decision or choice.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

The ------ is the time and place in which a story occurs. The ------ can be in the past, present, or future. Examples include a classroom, the inside of a car during a traffic jam, or Mars.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

A ------------ is a person (or an animal) in a literary work. A story or play can have many ----------- or just a few.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

------- is the words characters speak. Although any kind of story can have -------, it is central to drama, because the audience follows the events by watching what characters say and do.

• plot

• conflict

• setting

• character

• dialogue

What is drama?

• trouble caused by "friends"

• the characters that perform in a play

• the written words and directions for actors to follow

• a story that is written to be performed or acted out

Which of the following best describes a "theater"?

• the words spoken by characters

• a story that is written to be acted out

• the place where the play is performed

• objects used in a play to bring it to life

A type of drama in which events typically lead to a death or unhappy ending.

• comedy

• romance

• tragedy

• fantasy

an idea that recurs in a work of art or literature

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• theme

• situational irony