Elements of Drama

1. DRAMA

2. WHAT WILL
I LEARN
TODAY?
• Elements of Drama
in its Literature and
Theatre form

3. 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.

4. Drama has a two-fold nature:
LITERATURE and THEATRE.

5. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
Drama in Literature

6. SETTING
Setting identifies the:
1. time and place
2. historical period, the moment, day and
season in which the incidents take place
3. It also includes the sceneries in the
performance which are usually found in the
preliminary descriptions.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
1. This refers to the time and place which the
story took place.
a.
SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE

12. QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
2. The most important material/element in a
drama.
a.
SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE

13. QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
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

14. QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
4. Beginning, Rising Action, Climax, Falling
Action, and End are parts of this element.
a.
SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE

15. QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
5. It is the unifying or main idea of the
material.
a.
SETTINGS
b. STYLE
c. THEME
d. NONE

16. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
Drama in Theatre

17. SCENERY (set)
These are theatrical equipment,
such as curtains, flats,
backdrops, or platforms, used in
a dramatic production to
communicate surroundings.

18. Lion king

19. Romeo and Juliet

21. COSTUMES
clothings, masks and accessories
worn by actors to portray
character and period.

24. PROPS
short 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.

26. LIGHTS
the placement, intensity, and color
of lights to help communicate
environment, mood, or feeling

28. SOUNDS
the effects an audience hears during
performance to communicate
character, context, or
environment