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DRAMA• Is a play that is put on for the
public• A movie or television show is a
play that is caught on camera
• Dialogue• Setting• Cast• Theme• Plot• Act
• Scene• Stage
Directions• Narrator• Playwright• Props
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
DIALOGUE• Each word spoken by a member
of the cast. • Within the dialogue, the audience
or reader learns about the relationships, problems, and conflicts experienced by the characters.
SETTING• Typically the setting is
written at the beginning of the play•Usually both the time and the place are included in the description.
CAST• A list of all characters-
people and/or animals that are important to the story and all who have lines or actions to carry out.
THEME• The theme of a drama
provides the message or lesson the playwright seeks to share with the audience.
PLOTThe plot of a drama includes
the series of events that take place in the drama. The plot is usually structure in acts and/ or scenes.
ACT• The major sections a play is
divided into. • The beginning of a new act
can be set in a different place and be set further ahead of time.
STAGE DIRECTIONS
• Directions for the actors typically written in parentheses.
• The stage directions refer to movements of characters, or tell inner thoughts or feelings of characters.
• Stage directions might also include a description of the clothing of the characters and props that could be used by the cast.
PROPS• Items or objects that are on stage
during a dramatic work. • They can represent something, be
referred to by the characters, or be used by a character.
CHARACTERIZATION• Refers to how an author tells the
reader about a character• Describes the Character- looks,
feelings, relationships, and actions
• The character will have a role, function, and conflict.
IMAGERY• The use of details to help the
reader imagine something. • Imagery can describe how
something looks, sounds, tastes, smells, or feels.
DRAMA QUESTION STEMS FOR STAAR• What is the theme of the play?
• How does Scene __ differ from Scene ___?
• Which sentence best summarizes Scene ___?
• Which of these events resolves ____’s conflict in the play?
• What can the reader conclude from the last paragraph of Scene ___?
• The author’s use of figurative language in paragraph ____ emphasizes that …
• Read the lines from Scene ___ of the play. What do these lines represent?