Elements of Drama

the person who wrote the play

• monologue

• playwright

• author

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

the lines the characters say narrator1: boy: girl:

• speaking

• dialogue

• plot

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

a large section of a play. includes several scences

• acts

• scenes

• props

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

objects needed to perform the play

• props

• theme

• script

words spoken by one of the characers when they are alone

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

an unhappy ending

• tragedy

• comedy

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2