Elements of drama

What happens in the story

• plot

• setting

• dialogue

• theme

The people and animals that are all part of the story

• description

• characters

• setting

• description

Where the story takes place

• plot

• theme

• description

• setting

detailed Information about what has happpened before the story begins

• description

• stage directions

• dialogue

• theme

The lesson or the message the author is trying to convey

• plot

• theme

• stage directions

• characters

The information tells the actors what to do

• characters

• dialogue

• stage directions

• description

The lines of text the characters speak in a play or drama

• dialogue

• characters

• setting

• description