1. Elements of Drama

2. Drama
Story written to be acted for an audience

3. Scenes- settings for the events, the environment of the characters
Elements in Drama
Scenes- settings for the events, the environment of the characters
Acts- a major formal division of a play which marks a clear, unified portion of the total action

4. Plot- series of related events that make up a drama/story

5. Plot Structure for Five Act Play

6. ACT I
1. Exposition: establishes the setting, introduces some of the main characters, explains background, and introduces the characters’ main conflict.

7. Act II
2. The rising action consists of a series of complications. These occur as the main characters take action to resolve their problems.

8. ACT III 3. The crisis, or turning point, is the moment when a choice made by the main characters determines the direction of the action: downward to tragedy.

9. Act IV
4. The falling action presents events that result from the action taken at the turning point. These events usually lock the characters deeper and deeper into disaster; with each event we see the characters falling straight into tragedy.

10. Act V
5. The final and greatest climax occurs at the end of the play—usually, in tragedy, with the deaths of the main characters. In the resolution (or denouement) all the loose parts of the plot are tied up. The play is over.

11. Five-Part Dramatic Structure
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Five-Part Dramatic Structure
Act III
Crisis or Turning Point
Act II
Rising Action/
Complications
Act IV
Falling Action
Act V
Climactic Moment/
Resolution
Act I
Exposition/
Introduction