Elements Of Drama

the person who wrote the play

• monologue

• playwright

• author

the characters, or parts, that will be in the play

• script

• dialogue

• cast of characters

the lines the characters say the boy: the girl:

• speaking

• dialogue

• plot

a large section of a play. includes several scences

• acts

• scenes

• props

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

words in italics and brackets or parenthesis that tell us 1. what the character is doing 2. details about the setting

• tragedy

• theme

• stage directions

objects needed to perform the play

• props

• theme

• script

words spoken by one of the characers when they are alone

• dialogue

• monologue

• script

the main idea (lesson) the author is trying to make

• main idea

• theme

• plot

the action or main events

• main idea

• plot

• theme