Drama Elements

The text of the play

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Character Tags

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

Lines of text the character speaks in the play.

• Drama

• Dialogue

• Act

• Cast of Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

Instructions that tell the actors what to do

• Stage directions

• Narrator

• Drama

• Props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

Labels before lines of dialogue to show which character is speaking

• Setting

• Character

• Character Tags

• Narractor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Stories acted out in front of people or an audience; play

• Scenes

• Drama

• Acts

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

Smaller parts of the play, it helps us know that the setting or characters have changed.

• Scenes

• Acts

• Setting

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

This person tells the story and informs the "audience", or reader of background info.

• Cast of characters

• Setting

• Main Character

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

A large part of the play, kind of like a chapter

• Narrator

• Act

• Scene

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

People, animals, or things that are characters in the play usually portrayed by actors.

• Cast of characters

• Drama

• Stage Directions

• Script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

This is where and when the play takes place.

• Setting

• Drama

• Cast

• Day

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.5