Elements of Drama

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

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

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

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

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

parts of the acts; change in the setting

• act

• scene

• drama

• plot

the written pages of a play

• drama

• theme

• script

• act

The playwright is the

• lead actor of the play

• set designer for the play

• owner of the theater

• author of the play

The message of the play

• theme

• act

• drama

• audience

The conversation between characters.

• setting

• characters

• dialogue

• script

people who have a role in a play

• cast of characters

• plot

• script

• audience

when and where a story takes place

• setting

• scene

• act

• drama

a long section of a play; like chapters in a book

• act

• scene

• drama

• plot

A drama is a specialized type of story that is meant to be _________.

• Read

• Published

• Performed

• Written