Dramatic Elements Vocabulary

What lets us know when and where a drama takes place?

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Stage directions are usually written in what format?

• Bold in quotation marks

• Italics in parenthesis

• Underlined in capital letters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What element of drama lets us know what an actor should do, act, and sound on stage?

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is the cast of characters in a drama and where is it located?

• A list of characters that tells who the characters are at the beginning of the play.

• A list of actors in the play at the end.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a written book for actors that they use to know what they need to say and do in their performance?

• Setting

• Script

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

When two or more characters are having a conversation it is called...

• Setting

• Script

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Which is an example of stage directions?

• (They line up on the side of the stage.)

• Atalanta: Don't be so sure about that, Dad.

• Setting: A Kindom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Who provides the audience with information about what is happening in the performance?

• The director

• The narrator

• The audience

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The author of a play (drama) is called..

• the narrator

• the playwright

• the poet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The scenes change when the _________ changes.

• setting

• characters

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C