DRAMA - English

• Drama


  A story intended to be acted on stage before an audience
• Aristotle's 6 essential elements in Drama

  • Plot
  • Spectacle
  • Theme
  • Characters
  • Dialogue
  • Music/rhythm
• Characteristics of Drama


  • Literary
  • Theatrical
• 3 Categories of Drama

  • Literary elements
  • Theatrical elements
  • Modern drama elements
• Literary elements of Drama

  • Language
  • Style
  • Dialogue
• 3 added elements of modern drama

  • Convention - the methods or techniques the director uses to create a specific style or genre
• Genre


  The type of play, e.g. tragedy, romance
• Audience


  The people who watch the play
• Language/Diction


  The choice of words for the dialogue of the characters
• Style


  The shaping of the story, creates the vibes of the story
• Dialogue


  The transcript or the lines the characters deliver
• 4 types of Dialogue

  • Common
  • Monologue
  • Soliloquy
  • Aside