Drama Elements

the person who wrote the play

• monologue

• playwright

• author

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

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.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

objects needed to perform the play

• props

• theme

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

the action or main events

• main idea

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is the playwright?

• The person who writes the play.

• The people who read the play.

• The people who act in the play.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

The cast is ___________.

• The characters in the play.

• The people who read the play.

• The people who write the play.

• The person who is the main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Conversation between two or more characters

• Monologue
• Dialect
• Conversation
• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

One person speaking

• Monologue
• Dialogue
• Dialect
• Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a script?

• Acts divided into smaller sections.
• Object that appears on stage.
• Written text of a play.
• cursive handwriting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7