Dramatic Elements Vocabulary

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

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

Stage directions are usually written in what format?

• Bold in quotation marks

• Italics in parenthesis

• Underlined in capital letters

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

• Acts and Scenes

• Dialogue

• Setting

• Stage Directions

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.

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

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

• Setting

• Script

• Dialogue

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

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

• The director

• The narrator

• The audience

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

• the narrator

• the playwright

• the poet

The scenes change when the _________ changes.

• setting

• characters

• plot