Drama Elements

The person who writes the play

• Playwrite

• Actors

• stage directions

The Words that are spoken by the actors

• props

• dialogue

• Cast of Characters

These tell the actors what to do or how to act

• stage directions

• dialogue

Used to change the time and location

• characters

• Acts and Scenes

The main good character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

The main bad character who opposes the protagonist

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

The message or moral in a story

• Mood

• Theme

How the reader feels when reading a text

• Mood

• Theme

Items used in a play or drama

• stage directions

• props

The person who narrates what is going on in the play

• playwrite

• narrator