key elements of drama
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- narrator
- sets the scene for the drama and may comment on what happens
- theater
- the building where a play is performed and watched
- props
- objects the actors use during the play
- conflict
- an event that starts the rising actions in which the dramatic tension builds
- stage directions
- instructions for the director, actors and stage crew
- dialogue
- conversation between characters, a play is composed almost entirely of dialogue
- exposition
- at the beginning of the play which introduces the characters and setting and presents any necessary background information
- drama
- a story that is intended to be performed for an audience, either on stage or before a carmera
- climax
- the moment of highest tension
- acts
- the grouping of scene
- falling action (resolution)
- comes after the climax, where all the looses ends of the plot are tied up
- script
- the form in which dramas are written
- rising action
- series of events that build the dramatic tension
- scenery
- the items that are on stage to help create the setting
- plot
- the sequence of related events that happen in the work
- scenes
- how the action is divided up in the drama scene changes whenever setting changes
- stage
- where a play is performed