Drama Elements

A form of literature that is meant to be performed

• poetry
• short story
• drama

the movable items that the actors use EX: books, flashlight, suitcase

• set
• stage
• dialogue
• props

the person who writes a script

• author
• playwright
• illustrator

A story is written in a book, but a drama is written in a

• novel
• script
• verse
• playwright

people who take part in the action of a drama

• characters
• setting
• theme
• prop

the units of action in a play or drama

• set
• dialogue
• acts

the words a character says in a play/drama

• dialogue
• props
• stage directions
• theme

the information in parenthesis on a script that tells how the characters should move and speak

• dialogue
• stage directions
• set
• props

the construction on stage that suggests the time and place of the action in a play/drama

• theme
• set
• props
• stage directions