Elements of Drama Notes
Essential Question 1:____________________________________________________________________
Essential Question 2:____________________________________________________________________
Questions:
Drama
• Comes from the Greek Word, “_________”
•
Means “To _____” or “To _____”
•
•
The Doing/Acting Makes Drama
________ is a story told in front of an__________.
•
Drama is writing that is meant to be__________ by actors for an audience. The script consists
of __________ –the words the actors say –plus __________ __________, which are
comments on how and where the actors move and speak.
•
When you read drama, __________“set the stage” in your own __________, using your
__________ to visualize the scenery, lighting, costumes, and actors.
Elements of Drama
• Playwright-the __________of a play
•
Actors-the people who ___________
•
Acts-the __________ of action
•
•
Scenes-__________ of the acts
Theatre: Where a play takes __________
•
Set: Construction on the stage that shows _________________ (Could be called
____________)
•
Props: _________ movable items that the actors use to make actions __________
___________
Stage Directions
• Stage directions are the __________for performing a play and the __________ of settings,
characters, and actions.
•
They help you ___________ the play.
•
The directions __________ the directions from on stage: upstage, downstage, stage right, or
stage left.
Types of Plays
• Comedy–A __________ play with a __________ ending.
• Tragedy–The hero __________ a major downfall due to some __________or flaw.
Plot and Conflict
• A play, like a __________ story, contains a plot, or a series of events, involving a __________.
•
The conflict may be introduced __________in the play, perhaps in the opening scene.
•
__________ builds to the climax and by the end of the play the conflict is __________.
•
The __________ of the conflict reveals the play’s __________.
Dialogue and Monologue
• Dialogue is __________ between __________or more characters.
•
A Monologue is a lengthy __________ that __________ character addresses to others on
stage.
•
The purposes of both are to reveal character __________ and to advance the __________ of
the story.
Asides and Soliloquys
• Asides are speeches, often short, made to the __________ or to himself, or even to another
character, but out of __________ of the__________ characters on stage.
•
A Soliloquy is a long __________ that reveals a character’s true __________ or feelings,
__________ by other characters, usually while ___________on stage.
•
The__________ of both are to __________the character’s thoughts or confidences while
advancing the action of the story.
Dramatic Foil
• A character whose purpose is to show off/__________another character
•
The personality traits are usually seen as __________ of each other.
•
__________ appearance can also be opposite.
•
The Craven and the Prince from “Opportunity” (Pessimist vs. Optimist)
•
Trino and his cousin from Trino’s Choice. (hardworking vs. lazy)
Dramatic Irony
• A __________ between what a character __________ and what the reader/audience
__________to be true
• Example: ______________________________________________
Verbal Irony
• __________used to suggest the __________ of what is __________
• Example: ______________________________________________
Situational Irony
•
•
Summary:
An event occurs that directly ___________ the __________ of the characters, the reader, or the
__________
Example:______________________________________________