Elements of Drama

This is the series of related events that make up a story.

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• character

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the words characters speak.

• monolouge

• soliloquy

• dialouge

• quote

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This is a struggle between a character and opposing characters or opposing forces.

• a fight

• conflict

• argument

• aside

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is the time and place in which a story occurs.

• plot

• expostion

• rising action

• setting

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This is a person (or an animal) in a literary work.

• drama

• stage directions

• character

• aside

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which element of fiction is being described? The beach was warm and breezy; perfect for flying kites.

• setting

• plot

• character

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which element of fiction is being described?

Jared: I really want to join the team, but I don't know if I'm good enough.

Steve: I know. I'm worried, too, but I'm still going to try out.

• monologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which element of fiction is being described? Terri was furious. She'd planned out her whole summer. But now she had to get a job.

• dialogue

• conflict

• setting

• plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This is a playwright's written instructions about how actors should move and behave.

• scene

• resolution

• stage directions

• aside

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

This is a section in a play in which all of the events occur in one place at one time.

• rising action

• climax

• plot

• scene

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7