2. Defining Drama
 A drama is a story
written, to be performed
by actors, that focuses on
characters in a conflict.

3. Elements of Drama
 A drama or play consists of several
key elements.
-A plot
is the order of events that
make up the play. A play is divided
into large units called acts, then
divided into smaller units which are
known as scenes.

4. Elements Continued
 Characters are people who
participate in the action of the play
(They are referred to as actors
onstage).
 Characters engage in
conversations or speeches which
are known as dialogues. Dialogues
can be written in either prose or
poetry.

5.  Stage directions are notes
included in the play to
describe the
sets, costumes, lighting, sce
nery, sound effects, and
props.

6.  Plays are divided into two
broad categories:
*A comedy which is a play that
has a happy ending and a
tragedy which shows the
downfall or death of the main
character or tragic hero due to

7. Types of Drama
 History plays: based on events of
the past
 Melodrama: features stereotype
characters and exaggerated
conflicts.
 Tragicomedy: Combines tragic
and comic elements
 Modern realistic drama: features

8.  Dramatic conventions are
literary devices that break the
illusion of reality. In this practice
called the suspension of
disbelief, the audience agrees
these conventions while
watching a play

9. Types of Dramatic Conventions
 A soliloquy is a
speech in which a
character who is
alone onstage
reveals private
thoughts and
feelings to the
audience, but it is
understood that
the audience is

10.  An aside is a
brief remark
delivered by a
character to
express private
thoughts while
other characters
are onstage. It is
directed to the