Structure and Elements of Drama

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

Define: Actor

• the set and stage of a play
• a person who acts a part in a play
• the time it takes to put on a play

Define: lines

• the words spoken by a character in a play
• To present, especially before an audience
• the time and place of a play

Who tells about the setting or action in the play?

• Characters

• Narrator

• Speaker

What is a text feature of drama?

• List of characters
• Lines and Stanzas
• paragraphs
• Nonfiction

What includes a description of the setting and what the stage should look like?

• Poetry
• Drama
• Prose

What uses dialogue to tell actors what to say?

• Poetry
• Drama
• Prose

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

Which of the following elements are unique to drama?

• characters, stage directions, scenes

• conflict, setting, characters

• stage directions, scenes, monologue

• dialogue, plot, setting