Elements of Drama

What is a drama?

• A fiction story

• Something that is read to you

• A story that is performed by actors on a stage

• Something that happens at school

The text of a play is...

• the script

• the setting

• the characters

• the act

The __________ is the person that tells what happens during the play.

Where the play or drama takes place is called the...

• act

• setting

• cast

• scene

What is the purpose of stage directions?

• To tell you what to do

• There is no purpose

• To tell the actors what to do

• To show you who is speaking

What are the words said by the characters?

• Dialogue

• Script

• Act

• Stage Directions

A scene happens when?

• In a single setting

• In multiple settings

An act in a play or drama is like...

• a movie

• a chapter in a book

• an entire book

All the characters in a play or drama are called the...

What helps you to know who is talking in a play or drama?

• cast

• character tags

• setting

• narrator