This is a story intended to be performed in front of an audience.
What is a drama
These are divisions of acts that occur in different settings
What are scenes?
This is a major division within a play in which two or more scenes are grouped together
What is an act?
This is a list of all the characters in a play. They usually are listed according to appearance
What is the cast?
These are instructions for the actors, the director, and the stage crew and are normally written in italics
What are stage directions?
This is the abbreviation of the word "property" and is any object that is used in a play to enhance the setting.
What are props?
Where the story takes place?
What is a setting?
Why does an author divide a play into acts?
What is because the setting changes?
This is why an author creates a new scene.
What is the characters change?
The words or conversations spoken by characters to each other. Much of what you learn about the characters, setting, and events are revealed in this conversation.
What is dialogue?
This is the lesson or message the author is trying to convey.
What is the theme?
This is the written form of a play.
What is a script?
This is where the play takes place.
What is a theater?
These are the lines of text that the actors speak.
What is dialogue?
The people and animals that are part of the story.
What are the characters?
This is where the action of a play takes place. It usually has three walls and an invisible "fourth wall"
What is a stage?
The central message or idea of a drama
What is theme?
A struggle that a character has. This can be either internal or external.
What is conflict?
This is the person who sets the scene for a play and comments on the action
Who is the narrator?
An act is a division of the play and a scene is a division of the act
What is the difference between an act and a scene?
This information tells the actors what to do?
What is stage directions?
A device used to label a character.
What is a character tag?
These are clothing and accessories worn by actors to portray the characters and the time period
What are costumes?
The drama element portrayed here: [Wyona is sitting on the couch. She sees Paul and jumps to her feet.] Wyona. [Angrily.] What do you want?
What are stage directions?
"Hair the color of dried blood," is an example of this.
What is a character tag?