Elements of Drama

Fictional people

• Characters

• Actors

• Drama

• Conflict

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Problem that moves the characters to react

• climax

• playwright

• stage directions

• conflict

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The written text of a drama

• script

• journal

• diary

• novel

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The words the actor speaks

• language

• dialogue

• jokes

• script

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Series of actions that built to a climax

• setting

• fight

• dialogue

• plot

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TEKS.ELA.E4.6D

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Insight about life

• theme

• conflict

• script

• resolution

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Each act may contain several of these

• chapters

• acts

• parts

• scenes

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TEKS.ELA.8.7D

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The ending

• Finale

• Fin

• Resolution

• Denouement

Full-length dramas are divided into shorter sections called

• scenes

• chapters

• parts

• acts

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TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

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A story that is a performance for an audience

• telenovela

• drama

• movie

• play

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TEKS.ELA.8.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7D

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