Elements of Drama

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a story that is acted out in front of an audience; a play

• drama

• playwright

• cast of characters

• role

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TEKS.ELA.3.9C

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a person who writes a play; the author of the drama

• drama

• playwright

• narrator

• script

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TEKS.ELA.3.9C

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the actors in a drama; typically listed at the beginning of the play

• drama

• plot

• dialogue

• cast of characters

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gives the audience information about the actions happening in a play; also gives insight into the characters' thoughts and feelings

• narrator

• lines

• dialogue

• plot

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TEKS.ELA.3.9C

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instructions that tell the actors what to do, where to go, how to move, or how to say the lines; usually in parenthesis ( ) or brackets[ ]

• dialogue

• stage directions

• script

• role

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the written form of the play; contains a list of characters, lines the characters speak, and stage directions

• lines

• dialogue

• setting

• script

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the lines of text the characters speak in the play; the characters' names appear before the lines they speak

• drama

• narrator

• dialogue

• role

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TEKS.ELA.3.9C

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the events that make up the main part of the play

the events rise to a conflict or climax (main action) and fall to a conclusion or end with a resolution

• plot

• setting

• role

• narrator

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TEKS.ELA.3.8C

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the time and place the actin happens; many plays have more than one setting

• dialogue

• setting

• plot

• props

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TEKS.ELA.3.9C