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Drama Conventions

Drama Conventions . DRAMA. Fiction Meant to be performed by actors for an audience. Written as a script. Drama = fiction. Includes all elements of fiction: Setting (usually more than one) Plot (acted out by the actors) Conflict Characters (portrayed by actors) Theme. Drama vs. prose.

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Drama Conventions

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  1. Drama Conventions

  2. DRAMA • Fiction • Meant to be performed by actors for an audience. • Written as a script

  3. Drama = fiction • Includes all elements of fiction: • Setting (usually more than one) • Plot (acted out by the actors) • Conflict • Characters (portrayed by actors) • Theme

  4. Drama vs. prose

  5. Parts of a script • Dramatis Personae • List of characters in the play • At the play’s beginning

  6. Parts of a Script • Acts • Large sections of a drama • Breaks usually occur right before or right after significant events or turning points in the story.

  7. Parts of a Script • Scenes • Smaller sections; many scenes within one act • Focus on one location and one segment of time • Scenes change when the location or time changes in the story

  8. Parts of a script • Dialogue • Words spoken by the characters. • Reveals plot, information about characters, conflict, and setting • Most of play is told through dialogue- very important

  9. Parts of a script • Stage directions • Establish setting • Explain a characters expressions, actions, gestures, movements and tone of voice • Sometimes offer sound effects • Gives directions for how to stage and perform the play.

  10. Point of view • Not 1 point of view, but many characters’ • Some plays have narrators, usually omniscient. • NOT characters in the play’s story, but explain or connect the story to audience.

  11. Point of view • Audience learns about characters through their actions, words and appearance. • Narrator does not inform audience about characters.

  12. Types of dialogue • Monologue • one characters extended speech • Soliloquy • Monologue spoken when no other character is on stage. • Reveals character’s inner thoughts, desires and feelings.

  13. Types of dialogue • Asides • Lines spoken only to the audience • No other characters “hear” the lines. • Creates _____________ irony.

  14. Denouement • Term for the resolution or conclusion of a drama/play.

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