Elements of Drama

The performers in a drama (list of roles, sometimes with the actors)

• setting

• cast of characters

• dialogue

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The main, larger divisions in a drama (usually there are 3)

• acts

• scenes

• settings

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.7

A smaller division within an act of a drama

• scene

• setting

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

The directions telling characters how to speak or act; also about sound, lighting, and props (usually in italics or parentheses)

• stage directions

• scene

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

a play that can have serious or humorous events, but ends happily

• rising action

• comedy

• tragedy

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

a speech given by one character to another OR by one character directly to the audience

• proverb

• dialogue

• monologue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

a serious dramatic play in which the protagonist suffers a catastrophe

• comedy

• tragedy

• foil

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

an object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or movie

• foils

• scenes

• stage directions

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

a conversation between characters in a play

• verbal irony

• adage

• dialogue

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

A list of characters in the play; sometimes includes the names of the actors who play the characters

• cast of characters

• protagonists

• crew

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5