Structural Elements of Poetry & Drama

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What is drama?

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A play written with scenes and acts. Dialogue is not placed in quotation marks but instead with a script. Stage directions provide information about how characters should act.

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What is stage direction?

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Instructions in a script that tell the actors how to move or behave on stage.

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What is poetry?

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Expressive writing written with lines and stanzas. May contain rhyme and repetition.

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What is a script?

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The lines that actors speak in a drama.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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When a poet repeats words or phrases in a poem.

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What are lines in poetry?

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The individual rows of words in a poem.

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What are stanzas?

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Groups of lines in a poem, similar to paragraphs in prose.

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What is dialogue?

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The spoken words between characters in a play or drama.

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What is a cast of characters?

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A list of the characters in a play, usually found at the beginning of the script.

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What is a theme in drama?

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The central idea or message that the play conveys.