STAAR Drama Elements Review

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

The cast of characters or actors are...

• a play intended to make an audience laugh

• the signal given to people working in or on a play

• lines spoken between characters in a play

• the people who perform in a play

The written text of a play is called a ....

• set

• rehearsal

• script

• scene

Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.

• do the play

• use dialogue

• act

• sing

The units of actions from a drama; similar to a chapter in a book.

• actors

• props

• acts

• dialogue

Words spoken by actors in a drama.

• props

• dialogue

• acts

• stage directions

A person who writes plays

• Cast

• Director

• Script

• Playwright

Items used on stage to help actors tell a story

• Flats

• Sets

• Props

• Costumes

A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performed

• comedy

• tragedy

• fun

A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performed

• comedy

• tragedy

• fun