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Title: The Elements of Drama


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The Elements of Drama
  • 7th Grade Language Arts, Mr. Darin E. Pearson

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Guiding Question
  • How does the television world create their
    product?

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Drama
  • Comes from the Greek Word, Dran
  • Means To do or To Act
  • The Doing/Acting Makes Drama

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Drama
  • is a story told in front of an audience

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Elements of Drama
  • Playwright-the author of a play
  • Actors-the people who perform
  • Acts-the units of action
  • Scenes-parts of the acts

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Elements of Drama
  • Characterization-playwrights technique for
    making believable characters

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

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Stage Directions
  • Found in brackets
  • Describe scenery and how characters speak
  • C, Center Stage
  • L, Stage Left
  • R, Stage Right
  • U, Upstage or Rear
  • D, Downstage or Front

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Theater
  • Where a play takes place

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

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