Elements of Drama

A story that is being acted out in front of an audience...

• biography

• poem

• drama

• informational text

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.5

The sequence of events of a story...

• timeline

• plot

• characters

• actor

Tags

CCSS.W.4.3A

Papers that include character lines and stage directions...

• act

• script

• scene

• playwright

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.W.4.3B

Character who opposes or is against the main character; the “bad” guy...

• antagonist

• protagonist

• playwright

• poet

The objects used by characters in a play to create an effect...

• scenes

• acts

• script

• props

A smaller division of play. We get a new one every time the scene changes.

• playwright

• scene

• act

• prop

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

The main character; the “good” guy that readers identify with...

• plarywright

• scene

• act

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

The person who writes a play...

• actor

• character

• playwright

• poet

What the character has to say in a play; where reader finds most of the information about characters and plot...

• monologue

• play

• plot

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3B

Directions given to actors so they know how to perform their lines. They include setting and action.

(In parenthesis and in italics)

• stage directions

• dialogue

• prop

• scene