Stage Directions
Drama Elements
The Drama Itself
Drama Drama
250

The background of the play?

scenery

250

A conversation among characters.

 dialogue

250

A story written to be acted in front of an audience.

 Drama / play

250

The bad guy in the play ?

antagonist/villain 

350

Plays broken into smaller parts.

acts

350

Acts are broken down into smaller parts.

scenes

350

The written version of a drama.

Script

350

When we know more than the characters 

Dramatic Irony 

450

Notes to the actors, directors, and readers.

stage directions / annotations

450

The five basic elements of drama.

role, relationships, situations, mood and tension 

450

The person who writes the play ?

Playwright 

450

A character giving a speech to oneself 

Soliloquy / monologue

550

Stage directions also give instruction about _________ and __________.

- physical movement

 - vocal expression

550

The three ways a character's personality is revealed.

how a character looks, what the character says, and how the character acts

550

People who perform in the play ? 

Actors 

550

What genre are we currently working within ?

DRAMA / Indigenous Theatre

650

Describe how stage directions are written.

 printed in italics and enclosed in square brackets

650

Name the 4 types of tension?

Relationship, Task, mystery, situation

650

Although drama shares many elements with stories, essays, and poetry it is different because...

it is designed to be preformed for an audience

650

Use of humor to make fun of something serious 

Satire 

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