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DRAMA T ERM I NOLOGY

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DRAMA

TERMIN

OLOGY

DRAMA• Is a play that is put on for the

public• A movie or television show is a

play that is caught on camera

• Dialogue• Setting• Cast• Theme• Plot• Act

• Scene• Stage

Directions• Narrator• Playwright• Props

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

DIALOGUE• Each word spoken by a member

of the cast. • Within the dialogue, the audience

or reader learns about the relationships, problems, and conflicts experienced by the characters.

SETTING• Typically the setting is

written at the beginning of the play•Usually both the time and the place are included in the description.

CAST• A list of all characters-

people and/or animals that are important to the story and all who have lines or actions to carry out.

THEME• The theme of a drama

provides the message or lesson the playwright seeks to share with the audience.

PLOTThe plot of a drama includes

the series of events that take place in the drama. The plot is usually structure in acts and/ or scenes.

ACT• The major sections a play is

divided into. • The beginning of a new act

can be set in a different place and be set further ahead of time.

SCENEThe setting typically does not change when a new scene is introduced.

STAGE DIRECTIONS

• Directions for the actors typically written in parentheses.

• The stage directions refer to movements of characters, or tell inner thoughts or feelings of characters.

• Stage directions might also include a description of the clothing of the characters and props that could be used by the cast.

NARRATORThe person telling the story

PLAYWRIGHTThe author of a piece of drama

PROPS• Items or objects that are on stage

during a dramatic work. • They can represent something, be

referred to by the characters, or be used by a character.

LITERARY ELEMENTS FOUND IN DRAMA• Characterization• Conflict• Imagery• Mood• Repetition

CHARACTERIZATION• Refers to how an author tells the

reader about a character• Describes the Character- looks,

feelings, relationships, and actions

• The character will have a role, function, and conflict.

CONFLICTThe main problem or struggle

that takes place in a work.

IMAGERY• The use of details to help the

reader imagine something. • Imagery can describe how

something looks, sounds, tastes, smells, or feels.

MOODHow a text or part of a text

makes the reader feel, or the feelings created in the reader.

REPETITIONWhen words, phrases, or lines

are repeated

DRAMA QUESTION STEMS FOR STAAR• What is the theme of the play?

• How does Scene __ differ from Scene ___?

• Which sentence best summarizes Scene ___?

• Which of these events resolves ____’s conflict in the play?

• What can the reader conclude from the last paragraph of Scene ___?

• The author’s use of figurative language in paragraph ____ emphasizes that …

• Read the lines from Scene ___ of the play. What do these lines represent?