Drama
CT 4th Period
Drama: a story told in front of an audience.
Elements of Drama:
- Playwrite- The author of the play
- Actors- The people who perform the play
- Acts- The units of action
- Sceenes- The parts of the acts
- Dialougue- Multiple characters speaking to eachother
- Monolouge- A speech by one single character (personal thoughts)
- Conflict- The internal or external struggle between opposing forces
- Stage Directions- Directions about what to do on stage
- Theater- Where a play takes place
- The Set- How the stage is set up to look like the time period or place that the play is supposed to look like
- Props- Small moveable objects used by the actors to make their actions look real
- Characterization- The playwriters technique for creating believable characters