Exit Ticket Drama Elements

What is a story that is meant to be performed for an audience?

• a drama or play

• a poem

• a story

In a drama or play the cast of characters is a list of people, animals, or other beings in the play. It usually appears at the beginning of the script.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How does the information in the cast of characters help you think about what might happen in the play? Review page 276 of Perseus and the Fall of Medusa

• Since there are gods, a goddess, a monster, a king, and a warrior. It looks like there will be some sort of conflict with the monster.

• Since there are gods, a goddess, a monster, a king, and a warrior. It looks like there will be some sort of party with the monster.

• Since there are gods, a goddess, a monster, a king, and a warrior. It looks like there won't be a conflict with the monster.

Reread lines 9–18 of Perseus and the Fall of Medusa. What do the stage directions show about how each character should speak?

• They show the emotion the character should show when speaking the lines.

• They show the voice level the character should show when speaking the lines.

The words characters say to each other are called dialogue

• FALSE

• TRUE

The text of the play: ​ (a)  

The words said by the characters: ​ (b)  

The time and place in the play:​ (c)  

A chapter in a play that contains more than one scene:​ (d)  

The person who tells what happens during the play: ​ (e)  

• Script
• Dialogue
• Setting
• Act
• Narrator
• Cast of Characters
• Scene
• Stage Directions
• Theme
• Plot

A group of lines. Separated by white space on the page.

• Speaker

• Form

• Stanza

• Line

The author of the poem.

• Speaker

• Poet

• Form

• Line

The beat of the poem.

• Sensory Language

• Repetition

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

Repeating the same words, phrases, or lines.

• Figurative Language

• Rhyme Scheme

• Repetition

• Rhythm