Elements of Drama

Drama is

• conversation

  between or among

  characters

• a story

  told in

  front of an

  audience

• long speech

  by one single character

  (private thoughts)

• struggle

  between

  opposing forces,

  ideas, or interests

  that create

  dramatic tension.

playwright

• the

  author of a play

• a character may turn

  to the audience to

  make an observation

  or quippy remark that

  the other characters

  can't hear.

• Found in brackets [ ]

  ■ Describe scenery and

  how characters speak

• Where a

  play takes

  place

actors

• parts of the acts

• the author of the play

• Where a

  play takes

  place

• the people who perform

Acts

• Where a

  play takes

  place

• Construction

  on the stage

  that shows

  time/place

• parts of the acts

• the units of action

Scenes

• Construction

  on the stage

  that shows

  time/place

• the author of the play

• parts of the acts

• the units of action

dialogue

• conversation

  between or among

  characters

• long speech

  by one single character

  (private thoughts)

• involves a

  character speaking

  his thoughts to

  himself, he is not

  speaking directly to

  anyone, including the

  audience.

• a character may turn

  to the audience to

  make an observation

  or quippy remark that

  the other characters

  can't hear.

monologue

• involves a

  character speaking

  his thoughts to

  himself, he is not

  speaking directly to

  anyone, including the

  audience.

• a character may turn

  to the audience to

  make an observation

  or quippy remark that

  the other characters

  can't hear.

• long speech

  by one single character

  (private thoughts)

• conversation

  between or among

  characters

Soliloquy

• conversation

  between or among

  characters

• a character may turn

  to the audience to

  make an observation

  or quippy remark that

  the other characters

  can't hear.

• long speech

  by one single character

  (private thoughts)

• involves a

  character speaking

  his thoughts to

  himself, he is not

  speaking directly to

  anyone, including the

  audience.

Aside

• involves a

  character speaking

  his thoughts to

  himself, he is not

  speaking directly to

  anyone, including the

  audience.

• a character may turn

  to the audience to

  make an observation

  or quippy remark that

  the other characters

  can't hear.

• long speech

  by one single character

  (private thoughts)

• conversation

  between or among

  characters

stage directions

• Where a

  play takes

  place

• Construction

  on the stage

  that shows

  time/place

• Found in brackets [ ]

  Describes scenery and

  how characters speak

• Small movable

  items that the

  actors use to make

  actions look real