STAAR Drama Elements Review

Label the plot elements on the diagram

f

j

i

h

g

tone

falling action

Main problem

ending

exposition

connotation

rising action

climax

resolution

background information

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Characters, Plot, Scene, Stage Directions, & Character Tags.

• Drama

• Persuasive

• Fiction

• Informational

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Select which genre is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out.

• Informational

• Poetry

• Drama

• Persuasive

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following describes the characters and helps you understand what the characters are thinking or feeling?

• Props

• Movement

• Rules

• Stage Directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the primary purpose of using dialogue in a piece of drama?

• To describe the setting to the audience

• To provide background information about the plot

• To reveal the thoughts and feelings of characters

• To list the characters involved in the play

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Label the different elements of drama.

a

b

c

d

e

dialogue

stage directions

scene

character list

narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Instructions given to the actors so they know how to act and the tone of voice to use. These are used in dramas.

• genre

• non fiction

• resolution

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Conversation between two characters is called...

• A monologue

• A discussion

• A dialogue

• A quotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a smaller section of a play

• acts

• scene

• script

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7