Drama Elements

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• Cast

• People

• Participants

• contestants

A drama, or a play is a passage that tells a story using _______________ characters say to each other.

• books

• dictionaries

• jokes

• lines

How do you call the written text of a play?

• Passage

• Paragraph

• Text

• Script

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• Setting

• Scene

• Acting

• Stage Directions

What is the major difference between tragedy and comedy?

• Comedies contain elaborate plots and costumes; tragedies involve simple plots and staging

• Comedies were developed in Ancient Greece; tragedies were developed during the Renaissance

• Comedies are very realistic; tragedies are not

• Comedies have happy endings; tragedies don't

Plays are divided into large sections called

• Acts

• Stages

• Scenes

• Settings

Instructs actors on how to portray characters

• Cast

• Playwright

• Director

• Actor

A person who writes plays is called

• a playwright

• a director

• an actor

• an illustrator

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fictions.

The ​ (a)   is the time and place in which a story occurs. It can be in the past, present, or future. Examples include a classroom, the inside of a car during a traffic jam, or Mars.

• Location

• Setting

• Period

• Character