Elements of Drama
What is a drama?
The general atmosphere of a drama.
What is the mood?
The central message the author wants to share.
What is the theme?
Words that have more than one definition.
What are multiple-meaning words?
Lines spoken by the characters.
What is dialogue?
The place and time that the action takes place.
What is the setting?
A series of events during which the main character(s) try to solve a problem or reach a goal.
What is the plot?
Directions telling how sound, lighting, and props are used.
What are stage directions?
Directions telling characters how to speak or act.
What are stage directions?
Words spoken to the audience by the narrator of the play.
What is narration?
The main division of a drama.
What is an act?
The author's attitude or approach to the subject or situation.
What is the tone?
Lightning can be a shocking experience.
What is an example of a pun?
This happens when a character says the opposite of what they mean.
What is verbal irony?
A statement to the audience that is not heard by the other charcters.
What is an aside?
Smaller division within an act.
What is a scene?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
(Tony enters from stage left. He sighs and says tiredly) I wish I were home already.
What is the ITALICIZED part?
What is an example of stage directions?
This happens when the audience knows more than the characters.
What is dramatic irony?
A speech by one character to other characters.
What is a monologue?
The people or other performers in a drama.
What is the cast of characters?
A speech by one character to just the audience.
What is a soliloquy?
Uses words with multiple meanings or words that sound the same to create something funny.
What is a pun?
A phrase that is commonly understood to have a different meaning from what the words usually mean.
What is an idiom?
The type of speech in a drama that expresses thoughts or feelings.
What is a soliloquy?