Elements of Drama

One of the principal divisions of a theatrical work (such as a play or opera)

• Act

• Scene

• Stage Direction

• Actor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

one who acts in a play, movie, television show, etc.

• Actor/Actress

• Playwright

• Plot

• Play

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

(1): to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors

(2): to assign (someone, such as an actor) to a role or part.

• Cast

• Actor/Actress

• Flashback

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

One of the persons in a drama or novel.

• Character

• Cast

• Actress

• Actor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

A written composition in which two or more characters are representing conversing.

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Script

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

Interruption of chronological sequence in a film or play by interjection of events of earlier occurrence.

• Flashback

• Motivation

• Plot

• Playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

When an author tells a story in the order in which the events occurred (chronological order).

• Linear Plot

• Parallel Plot

• Plot

• Sub-Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The reason why the characters in the play make the choices that they make.

• Motivation

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character and a similar theme. Parallel Plots: These are plots in which each main character has a separate but related story line that merges in the end.

• Parallel Plot

• Linear Plot

• Sub Plot

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the stage representation of an action or story

b: a dramatic composition

• Play

• Script

• Playwright

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4