Drama elements

A change in setting

• plot

• scenes

• dialogue

• description

The lines that a character speaks

• stage directions

• act

• scene

• dialogue

What happens in the story

• plot

• scenes

• act

• stage directions

Where the story takes place

• scene

• act

• setting

• description

The lesson, message, or moral of the story

• theme

• scenes

• act

• plot

The people or animals that are part of the story

• Stage directions

• Dialogue

• theme

• Actors

Detailed information about what has already happened before the play begins

• Description

• plot

• characters

• actors

(The information that tells actors what to do)

• Actors

• Dialogue

• Stage directions

• Scenes

Objects used to bring a play to life

• Script

• Stage directions

• Props

• Acts

The written "book" for the actors

• Script

• Scenes

• Acts

• Description