Structural Elements of a Play

Where do you find stage directions?

• prose

• poetry

• drama

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is drama?

• A play written with scenes and acts. Dialogue is not placed in quotation marks but instead with a script. Stage directions provide information about how characters should act.

• Expressive writing written with lines and stanzas. May contain rhyme and repetition.

• Ordinary writing written with sentences and paragraphs. Dialogue can be placed in quotation marks. Written to entertain, inform or persuade.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which of the following IS a structural element or characteristic of dramas?

• Rhyming

• Stage Directions

• Paragraphs

• Stanzas

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

The text of a play.

• script

• scenery

• characters

• setting

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

The time and place of a play.

• script

• dialogue

• setting

• characters

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

What are all the structural elements of a play?

• script, dialogue, descriptions, stage directions, cast of characters, setting

• play, cast of characters, props, movement, what to say

• stage directions, descriptions, props, talking

• people, props, background, singing

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is the primary purpose of stage directions in a play?

• To provide dialogue for the characters

• To describe the setting and actions

• To list the cast of characters

• To outline the plot

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following is NOT a structural element of a play?

• Act

• Scene

• Narrator

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

What term describes the division of a play into parts?

• Chapters

• Acts

• Paragraphs

• Verses

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

In a play, what is the role of the 'cast of characters'?

• To provide background music

• To list the characters involved

• To describe the setting

• To outline the plot

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3