Drama Elements

What word would you likely hear used instead of drama today?

• acting

• drama

• play

• movie

Plays are meant to...

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

A playwrite is a 

• person who writes a play

• an author of a novel

• someone who goes to see a lot of plays

Which element in not part of drama?

• plot

• theme

• setting

• rhythm

• characters

Dramas are divided into

• scenes and acts

• chapters and parts

• headings and subheadings

A group of actors or actresses in a play are called a

• narrators

• character group

• cast

What kind of prop might a student in a play carry?

• a backpack

• a dog

• a pizza

What are two ways we learn about a character's thoughts of feelings when reading a play?

• by reading the stage directions

• by looking at their face

• through the narrator

• by listening to what other characters are saying