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    Drama tells a story through acting in front of an audience. It differs from prose and poetry in its performative nature. The key elements of drama include the playwright who writes the play, actors who perform it, acts and scenes which divide the story, and stage directions which guide the performance. Plays involve dialogue between characters, monologues where a single character speaks their thoughts, and conflict which creates dramatic tension. Dramas are performed in a theatre and can take the form of drama, comedy with a happy ending, or tragedy where the main character meets a disastrous end. Historical dramas are set in the past while radio plays are written to be broadcast on radio using sound effects.

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    Drama tells a story through acting in front of an audience. It differs from prose and poetry in its performative nature. The key elements of drama include the playwright who writes the play, actors who perform it, acts and scenes which divide the story, and stage directions which guide the performance. Plays involve dialogue between characters, monologues where a single character speaks their thoughts, and conflict which creates dramatic tension. Dramas are performed in a theatre and can take the form of drama, comedy with a happy ending, or tragedy where the main character meets a disastrous end. Historical dramas are set in the past while radio plays are written to be broadcast on radio using sound effects.

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    Drama tells a story through acting in front of an audience. It differs from prose and poetry in its performative nature. The key elements of drama include the playwright who writes the play, actors who perform it, acts and scenes which divide the story, and stage directions which guide the performance. Plays involve dialogue between characters, monologues where a single character speaks their thoughts, and conflict which creates dramatic tension. Dramas are performed in a theatre and can take the form of drama, comedy with a happy ending, or tragedy where the main character meets a disastrous end. Historical dramas are set in the past while radio plays are written to be broadcast on radio using sound effects.

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    The Elements of Drama: 8th Grade Language Arts

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    The Elements of Drama

    8th Grade Language Arts


    Essential Question
     How does drama provide the reader a
    different experience than prose (short
    stories, novels) or poetry?
     How is drama different from
    television?
    Drama
     Comes from the Greek Word, “Dran”
     Means “To do” or “To Act”

     The Doing/Acting Makes Drama


    Drama…
     …is a story
    told or
    performed in
    front of an
    audience
    Elements of Drama  Playwright-the author of a play
     Actors-the people who perform
     Acts-the units of action
     Scenes-parts of the acts
     Stage Direction- instructions
    for the director, the actors, and
    the stage crew
    Dramatic Speech  Dialogue-conversation
    between or among
    characters
     Monologue-long
    speech by one single
    character (private
    thoughts)
    Conflict
     The internal or
    external struggle
    between opposing
    forces, ideas, or
    interests that create
    dramatic tension.
    Theatre
     Where a play
    takes place
    Types of Drama
     Drama is used
    to describe
    plays that
    address a
    serious subject.
    Types of Drama
     Comedy is a form
    of drama that has
    a happy ending.
    Humor comes
    from the dialogue
    and situations.
    Types of Drama
     Tragedy is a form of
    drama in which events
    lead to the downfall of
    the main character,
    that leads to a
    disastrous conclusion,
    usually death.
    Types of Drama
     Historical drama is a  Radio play is a dramatic
    dramatic work that takes work that is written to be
    place in the past and is broadcast over the radio
    based on real events and that uses sound
    and historical figures effects to help listeners
    although the action and imagine the setting and
    dialogue are created by action
    the playwright
    drama to do playwright
    monologue comedy actor
    theatre tragedy stage direction
    dialogue scene historical drama
    conflict act radio play

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