Staar Elements of Drama

the characters, or parts, that will be in the play

• script

• dialogue

• cast of characters

a part in the play: they tell the details the characters don't know or details about the setting

• narrator

• author

• playwright

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

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

words spoken by one of the characers when they are alone

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

includes the cast of characters, stage directions, and dialogue

• monologue

• script

• narrator

the lines the characters say narrator1: boy: girl:

• speaking

• dialogue

• plot

an unhappy ending

• tragedy

• comedy

• plot

the written text of a play

• A) script

• B) dialogue

• C) scene

• D) act

a conversation between two or more characters in a play

• A) monologue

• B) dialogue

• C) soliloquy

• D) narration