Elements of Drama

Instructions that tell the actors what to do.

• Acts

• Dialogue

• stage directions

• narrator

Smaller parts of the play, it helps us know that the setting or characters have changed.

• Acts

• Dialogue

• stage directions

• scene

Stories acted out in front of people or an audience.

• theme

• Dialogue

• drama

• narrator

This person tells the story and informs the “audience,” or reader of background information. This person is not a character in the story. (All knowing)

• Acts

• Dialogue

• actor (character)

• narrator

A large part of the play, kind of like a chapter.

• Acts

• scene

• stage directions

• props

Lines of text the character speaks in the play

• narrator

• dialogue

• stage directions

• props

People, animals, or things that are characters in the play.

• setting

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

Objects needed to perform in a play. Used on stage for actors to use.

• script

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

The text of the play that includes dialogue, stage direction, and narration.

• script

• actors/actresses

• stage directions

• props

Like fiction, Drama has.....

• story elements

• books

• characters

• stories