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Drama

Drama. Written to perform When reading drama, imagine seeing and hearing the action of the performance Includes characters, conflict, and theme. Elements of Drama. Acts – units of the action in a drama. Acts are often divided up into scenes. (Act 1 Scene 2)

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Drama

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  1. Drama Written to perform When reading drama, imagine seeing and hearing the action of the performance Includes characters, conflict, and theme

  2. Elements of Drama • Acts– units of the action in a drama. Acts are often divided up into scenes. (Act 1 Scene 2) • Dialogue – term given to the words characters say. Quotation marks are not used in scripts.(script is the printed form of a play) Instead, the words of each character appear next to the character’s name.

  3. Stage Directions – bracketed information that tell what the stage looks like and how the characters should move and speak. example: [MILO looks around.] • Set – is the construction on the stage that creates the setting. • Props – moveable items – objects like a book, suitcase, or flashlight – that the actors use to make their actions look real.

  4. Types of Drama • Drama – often about a serious subject • Comedy – has a happy ending; funny. • Tragedy – has an unhappy ending; main character usually dies or has a bad ending

  5. Screenplays – written to be a movie • Teleplays – written for television • Radio Plays – written for the radio

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