Elements of Theater

These are the people, animals, or ideas portrayed by the actors in the play.

• Dialogue

• Characters

• Plot

• Audience

This is what happens in the play. It refers to the action or the basic storyline of the play.

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Rhythm

• Spectacle

The accompanying sounds and melody that plays on the background during a play

• Theme

• Genre

• Genre

• Music

These are the techniques and methods used by the playwright and director to create the desired stylistic effect

• Genre

• Convention

• Theme

• Plot

A Greek philosopher who first wrote about the essential elementa of drama more than 2,000 years ago

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

• Thales

This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by the characters in the play

• Script

• Plot

• Spectacle

• Dialogue

This refers to the visual elements of a play: the set, costume, and special effects.

• Music

• Stage

• Theme

• Spectacle

This is the turning point or high point of a story when events can go either way

• Climax

• Initial incident

• Theme

• Denouement

This is another term for the conclusion derived from the french word for unraveling

• Denouement

• Climax

• Introduction

• Preliminary event

This refers to the who, when, where, and what part of the play

• Setting

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Suspense