Drama Structure and Elements Drama vs Story Meant

Drama vs. Story • Meant to be Performed • Playwright • Script • Acts/Scenes

Drama Elements • Playwright – Author of a play • Script – Written form

Drama Elements • Characterization – How the playwright creates characters through actions, dialogue, and

Dialogue VS. Monologue -Dialogue is described as lines spoken between two or more characters.

Narrative Point of View • Narration – The process of presenting the narrative, occurs

Stage Direction Remember? – Instructions about sound effects, sets, props, and character’s actions, gestures,

Inferring Stage Direction Let’s Practice! You are given the following stage directions while reading

Inferring Stage Direction Let’s Practice! Mrs Lindgren: (exasperated) Oh dear, Christmas is almost here

Let’s Review! • • • Dialogue vs. Monologue Act/Scene Authors VS. Playwrights Narration/Point of

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Drama Structure and Elements

Drama vs. Story • Meant to be Performed • Playwright • Script • Acts/Scenes • Characterization through actions, dialogue, and movement • Set shows time and place • • Plot Conflict Setting Characters Protagonist Antagonist Monologue Dialogue • Meant to be Read • Author • Book • Chapters • Characterization through words and pictures • Words show time and place

Drama Elements • Playwright – Author of a play • Script – Written form of a play • Act – The units(chapters) of the action in a play. (Acts can be further divided into scenes. ) A scene is actually a subdivision of an act. Within a scene the setting doesn't change, but the setting can change within one act.

Drama Elements • Characterization – How the playwright creates characters through actions, dialogue, and movement. • Stage Directions – Instructions about sound effects, sets, props, and character’s actions, gestures, and movements across the stage. (Usually in parentheses!) • Set – Onstage scenery that suggests the time and place.

Dialogue VS. Monologue -Dialogue is described as lines spoken between two or more characters. *No quotation marks used for dialogue in script* -Monologues are lines spoken to the audience by only one character. This can be a narration of events, or the character's personal thoughts.

Narrative Point of View • Narration – The process of presenting the narrative, occurs because of the narrative mode. It encompasses several areas, most importantly narrative point-of-view, which determines through whose perspective the story is viewed. • 1 st person • 2 nd Person • 3 rd Person

Stage Direction Remember? – Instructions about sound effects, sets, props, and character’s actions, gestures, and movements across the stage. (Usually in parentheses!) – Why is stage direction crucial to engaging the audience? – Discuss!

Inferring Stage Direction Let’s Practice! You are given the following stage directions while reading a play: (A young babysitter, Julia, comes rushing in. Her hair is a mess and she is staring at her phone. ) What information can you infer from the following stage directions? – Something that is inferred means that the information is not directly given to you!

Inferring Stage Direction Let’s Practice! Mrs Lindgren: (exasperated) Oh dear, Christmas is almost here and nothing is ready! Every year we know we have the gathering of the Villages and every year we are not ready in time. Mr Lindgren: (putting his arm on his wife’s shoulder) Come on dear. Try to relax a little. Mrs Lindgren: I can’t, there’s just so much to do. I want everything to be perfect; no mistakes this year. Mr Lindgren: Try not to think about it. At least we don’t have to worry about the presents. (Maya and Olaf come rushing in) What information can you infer from the following stage directions?

Let’s Review! • • • Dialogue vs. Monologue Act/Scene Authors VS. Playwrights Narration/Point of View Stage Direction • Discuss these among your table!