Elements of Drama and The Diary of Anne Frank

How is drama different from other kinds of fiction?

• Drama can have only one setting. Other kinds of fiction can have many settings.

• Drama has more characters than other kinds of fiction.

• Drama has a plot. Other kinds of fiction use monologues instead of plots.

• Drama is written to be performed by actors for an audience.

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CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

The playwright is the

• lead actor of the play

• set designer for the play

• owner of the theater

• author of the play

Who were the playwrights of Anne Frank?

• Frances Goodrich

• Anne Frank

• Albert Hackett

• Otto Frank

The written pages of a play is​ (a)  

• script
• act
• scene
• dialogue

Reorder the following parts of a drama from big to small.

• script

• dialogue

• scene

• act

when and where a story takes place

• setting

• scene

• act

• drama

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is the setting of The Diary of Anne Frank? (Hint: Page 839)

The stage directions tell the reader

• what is happening on stage

• who is talking

• when the story is taking place

• where the story is taking place

The message of the play

• theme

• act

• drama

• audience

people who have a role in a play

• cast of characters

• plot

• script

• audience

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7