Elements of Drama

Setting

• people or creatures of a play

• the time, place, or era of a play

• the message of a play

• gives audience information about what is happening in a play

Dialogue

• lines of a play the characters speak

• the time, place, or era of a play

• the message of a play

• a section of a play, includes different scenes

Plot

• the actions that take place in a setting

• objects needed or a play

• the sequence of events in a play

• a section of a play, includes different scenes

Narrator

• the actions that take place in a setting

• the text of a play, including the dialogue the actors speak and stage directions

• gives audience information about what is happening in a pla

• the sequence of events in a play

What is NOT an element of drama?

• characters

• stage directions

• setting

• stanzas

What is spoken conversation between 2 or more characters

• stage directions

• dialogue

• scene

• playwright

What are the elements of Drama? Choose more than one.

• script

• costumes

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• cast of characters

Script

• the text of a play, including the dialogue the actors speak and stage directions

• the sequence of events in a play

• lines of a play the characters speak

• a section of a play, includes different scenes

Act

• people or creatures of a play

• a scenery, props, or furniture in a play

• the actions that take place in a setting

• a section of a play, includes different scenes

Stage directions

• gives audience information about what is happening in a play

• objects needed or a play

• tells actors what to do, how to say something, and where to go

• the message of a play