Elements of Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
100

What are the places called where the play takes place?

Setting

100

The problem in a play can also be called _______.

Conflict

100

What type of figurative language is this? 

The rain was so heavy, it was pouring like a waterfall 

Simile

200

Who is the person who tells the story?

Narrator

200

The solution in the play, can also be called the ______.

Resolution

200

What type of figurative language is this?

Her smile was a bright sunshine on a cloudy day

Metaphor

300

The part of the script that tells the characters how to act. HINT: in (parenthesis)

Stage directions

300

The people/animals in the play are called the _______.

Cast/Characters

300

What type of figurative language is this?

I was dying of laughter!

Hyperbole

400

The part of the script that tells the characters what to SAY.

Dialogue

400

What is the problem?

A group of friends are planning a surprise birthday party. They want to make it the best birthday ever. They all have great ideas on how to make it amazing but no one can decide on one idea. They are all arguing and not able to settle on one idea.

The problem is that the friends can not agree on what they should do for the birthday party.

400

What type of figurative language is this?

Animals speaking in a play.

Personification

500

When the setting changes, there is a new _______.

Like chapters for a play. ______

Scenes and acts

500

What could be the solution?

A group of friends are planning a surprise birthday party. They want to make it the best birthday ever. They all have great ideas on how to make it amazing but no one can decide on one idea. They are all arguing and not able to settle on one idea.

The students can all put their ideas together to make a birthday party with all their ideas.

500

What type of figurative language is this?

Crash, bang, boom...

Onomatopoeia