Drama Practice

______________ are the people or animals in the drama.

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Characters or Cast

______________ is where and when the story takes place.

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Characters or Cast

______________ is the lines the characters say.

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Characters or Cast

______________ tell how actors should move or speak.

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

What identifies a story as a drama or play?

• The setting changes

• There are many characters

• The dialogue is not in quotation marks

All Animals: (Jump forward and make your animal sounds.)

The words in parentheses show-

• dialogue

• stage directions

• character names

Which is an example of dialogue from the play or drama below?

Tiana: But we've been planning for months!

Mom: I know, Tiana, but-

Dad: (Noticing the sled) What are you doing with that?

• Noticing the sled

• Tiana, Dad, and Mom

• What are you doing with that?

Which is an example of stage directions from the play or drama below?

Tiana: But we've been planning for months!

Mom: I know, Tiana, but-

Dad: (Noticing the sled) What are you doing with that?

• Noticing the sled

• Tiana, Dad, and Mom

• What are you doing with that?

Which is an example of characters from the play or drama below?

Tiana: But we've been planning for months!

Mom: I know, Tiana, but-

Dad: (Noticing the sled) What are you doing with that?

• Noticing the sled

• Tiana, Dad, and Mom

• What are you doing with that?

How can you tell that a selection is a drama or play?

• It has stage directions

• It has dialogue without quotation marks

• It has both of these