elements of drama

DRAMA

WHAT WILL I LEARN TODAY?

• Elements of Drama in its Literature and Theatre form

DRAMA Drama is a composition in prose form that presents a story entirely told in

dialogue and action and written with the

intention of its eventual performance before an

audience.

Drama has a two-fold nature: LITERATURE and

THEATRE.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

Drama in Literature

SETTINGSetting identifies the:1. time and place 2. historical period, the moment, day and

season in which the incidents take place3. It also includes the sceneries in the

performance which are usually found in the preliminary descriptions.

CHARACTERS

Characters are the people in the play and thus considered as the principal material in a drama.

PLOT

Plot lays out the series of events that form the entirety of the play. It serves as a structural framework which brings the events to a cohesive form and sense.

THEME

Theme is considered as the unifying element that defines the dramatized idea of the play. It is the over-all sense or implication of the action.

STYLE

Style refers to the mode of expression or presentation of the play which points out the playwright’s position or viewpoint in life.

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1. This refers to the time and place which the story took place.

a. SETTINGS

b. STYLE

c. THEME

d. NONE

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2. The most important material/element in a drama.

a. SETTINGS

b. STYLE

c. THEME

d. NONE

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3. The way how the author expressed the material either realistically such as The High School Musical or unrealistically such as The Lion King.

a. SETTINGS

b. STYLE

c. THEME

d. NONE

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4. Beginning, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and End are parts of this element.

a. SETTINGS

b. STYLE

c. THEME

d. NONE

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5. It is the unifying or main idea of the material.

a. SETTINGS

b. STYLE

c. THEME

d. NONE

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

Drama in Theatre

SCENERY (set)

These are theatrical equipment, such as curtains, flats,

backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic production to

communicate surroundings.

Lion king

Romeo and Juliet

COSTUMES

clothings, masks and accessories worn by actors to portray

character and period.

PROPSshort for properties; any article, except costume or scenery, used as part of a dramatic production;

any moveable object that appears on stage during a performance,

from a telephone to a train.

LIGHTSthe placement, intensity, and color

of lights to help communicate environment, mood, or feeling

SOUNDSthe effects an audience hears during

performance to communicate character, context, or environment