Drama Elements 1
A story that actors perform on stage for a live audience.
Drama
Where and when the story or play happens
Setting
Stage directions are usually in
bracket or parentheses
What happens in the play is called the
plot
The text or lines of the play is called..
A script
Every time the setting of a play changes we have a new
scene
The problem in a story or play is called...
the conflict
A special character outside of the story who tells what is happening
Narrator
The words a character says, they follow his/her name
Dialogue
Tell actors where to stand or what to do while onstage
Stage Directions
The person who wrote the play is called
A playwright
A list of all the characters is called
Cast of characters
Term for a story that is NOT real
Fiction
How the problem is solved is called...
A solution or resolution
The lesson that can be in learn in a story or play is called
Theme