1. The Elements of Drama 8th Grade Language Arts

2. Learning Targets Understand how drama provides the reader a different experience than prose (short stories, novels) or poetry

3. Drama Comes from the Greek Word, “ Dran ” Means “ To do ” or “ To Act ” The Doing/Acting Makes Drama

4. Drama … … is a story told in front of an audience

5. Elements of Drama Playwrite-the author of a play Actors-the people who perform Acts-the units of action Scenes-parts of the acts

6. Dramatic Speech Dialogue- conversation between or among characters Monologue or soliloquy-long speech by one single character (private thoughts)

7. Conflict The internal or external struggle between opposing forces, ideas, or interests that create dramatic tension.

8. Stage Directions Found in brackets [ ] Describe scenery and how characters speak

9. Theatre Where a play takes place

10. Set Construction on the stage that shows time/place Could be called Scenery

11. Props Small movable items that the actors use to make actions look real