Elements of Drama

One of the principal divisions of a theatrical work (such as a play or opera)

• Act

• Scene

• Stage Direction

• Actor

one who acts in a play, movie, television show, etc.

• Actor/Actress

• Playwright

• Plot

• Play

(1): to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors

(2): to assign (someone, such as an actor) to a role or part.

• Cast

• Actor/Actress

• Flashback

• Motivation

One of the persons in a drama or novel.

• Character

• Cast

• Actress

• Actor

A written composition in which two or more characters are representing conversing.

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Script

• Playwright

Interruption of chronological sequence in a film or play by interjection of events of earlier occurrence.

• Flashback

• Motivation

• Plot

• Playwright

When an author tells a story in the order in which the events occurred (chronological order).

• Linear Plot

• Parallel Plot

• Plot

• Sub-Plot

The reason why the characters in the play make the choices that they make.

• Motivation

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Conflict

The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character and a similar theme. Parallel Plots: These are plots in which each main character has a separate but related story line that merges in the end.

• Parallel Plot

• Linear Plot

• Sub Plot

• Plot

the stage representation of an action or story

b: a dramatic composition

• Play

• Script

• Playwright

• Plot