STAAR Drama Elements Review

Label the plot elements on the diagram

f

j

i

h

g

exposition

resolution

ending

background information

rising action

tone

connotation

climax

Main problem

falling action

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Characters, Plot, Scene, Stage Directions, & Character Tags.

• Drama

• Persuasive

• Fiction

• Informational

Select which genre is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out.

• Informational

• Poetry

• Drama

• Persuasive

Which of the following describes the characters and helps you understand what the characters are thinking or feeling?

• Props

• Movement

• Rules

• Stage Directions

What is the primary purpose of using dialogue in a piece of drama?

• To describe the setting to the audience

• To provide background information about the plot

• To reveal the thoughts and feelings of characters

• To list the characters involved in the play

Label the different elements of drama.

a

b

c

d

e

narrator

dialogue

scene

stage directions

character list

Instructions given to the actors so they know how to act and the tone of voice to use. These are used in dramas.

• genre

• non fiction

• resolution

• stage directions

Conversation between two characters is called...

• A monologue

• A discussion

• A dialogue

• A quotation

words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us 1. what the character is doing 2. details about the setting

• tragedy

• theme

• stage directions

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script