Elements of Drama

A change in setting

• scenes

• plot

• dialogue

• acts

Characters speaking to each other

• actors

• dialogue

• conflict

• props

All the events that happen in a story

• conflict

• theater

• characters

• plot

The lesson, message, or moral of the story

• plot

• main idea

• theme

• detail

The people or animals in the story

• stage directions

• characters

• dialogue

• plot

Where a drama, play, or musical takes place

• resolution

• stage directions

• characters

• theater

Information that tells the actors what to do

• stage directions

• dialogue

• characters

• instructions

Objects used to bring a play to life

• stage

• characters

• script

• props

the written "book" of the play that tells the actors what to say and do

• stage

• script

• stage directions

• playwright

What is the person who writes a drama called?

• playwright

• author

• scriptwriter

• illustrator