Dramatic Elements

Katherine, Ethan, and Henry are putting on a play! They come across a term in their script that instructs them on how to act. What is this term called?

• dialogue

• stage directions

• scene

• act

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a conversation between two or more characters

• stage directions

• act

• dialogue

• scene

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a character who goes against the main character or causes problems for the main character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• flat character

• round character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A long speech by one character to one or more other characters onstage.

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

• epilogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A comment that only the audience is supposed to hear.

• climax

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The directions telling characters how to speak or act; also about sound, lighting, and props

• stage directions

• scene

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of the plot that leads to the resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character doesn't know.

• Tragedy

• Dramatic Irony

• Suspense

• Humor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• antagonist

• dynamic character

• static character

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D