Elements of a Drama

Tells the characters what to do and where to go.

• Stage Directions

• Scene

• Characters

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What the characters say.

• Drama

• Setting

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A group of connected scenes.

• Scene

• Act

• Setting

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Smaller sections of an act, each scene continues from the last one to help build the plot.

• Act

• Tone

• Setting

• Scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.7

What happens in the story.

• Theme

• Plot

• Characters

• Voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A play or story that is meant to be acted out of stage in front of an audience.

• Nonfiction text

• Fiction text

• Drama

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When and where the story takes place.

• Scene

• Setting

• Act

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

The people and animals that are part of the story.

• Scenes

• Conflicts

• Tones

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The lesson or message the author is trying to convey.

• Drama

• Conflict

• Theme

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In literature, the opposition of persons or forces that bring about dramatic action central to the plot of the story. (The main problem of the story).

• Conflict

• Theme

• Plot

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3