Drama & Traditional Literature

A type of literary device used in fictional and narrative literary works; includes. setting, plot, characters, ​theme​, and conflict.

• Traditional Literature

• literary elements

• scene

• drama

a type of story acted out before an audience, often in a theater. Dramas are commonly called plays.

• Traditional Literature

• literary elements

• scene

• drama

A dramatic part of a story, at a specific time and place, between specific characters.

• Traditional Literature

• literary elements

• scene

• drama

A group of scenes in the play that tell a different part of the story; at the end of an act, the setting often changes.

• acts

• literary elements

• legend

• drama

An instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.

• myth

• stage directions

• legend

• folktale

This helps the reader identify the characters in the text AND analyze the character's actions. A character tag could be how the character dresses, how the character wears his/her hair, how they smell, a certain piece of clothing. It could also be a catch phrase.

• myth

• character tags

• legend

• folktale

An object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production.

• myth

• character tags

• prop

• literary elements

a funny story but may teach a lesson or suggest a moral from it.

• myth

• fable

• drama

• literary elements

A type of literature characterized by gods and goddesses; an explanation of natural phenomena.

• myth

• fable

• drama

• literary elements

Traditional stories that were originally passed down orally. The fictional characters in folktales usually include ordinary humans and/or animals acting like humans.

• myth

• fable

• talltales

• folktale