Elements of Drama
Elements of Drama
Elements of Drama
WHAT
WILL I • Elements of Drama
LEARN in its Literature
and Theatre form
TODAY?
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.
ELEMENTS OF
DRAMA
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.
CHARACTERS
Characters are the people in the play
and thus considered as the principal
material in a drama.
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.
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.
STYLE
Style refers to the mode of expression
or presentation of the play which
points out the playwright’s position
or viewpoint in life.
QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
1. This refers to the time and place which the
story took place.
a. SETTINGS c. THEME
b. STYLE d. NONE
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2. The most important material/element in a
drama.
a. SETTINGS c. THEME
b. STYLE d. CHARACTER
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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 c. THEME
b. STYLE d. NONE
QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
4. Beginning, Rising Action, Climax, Falling
Action, and End are parts of this element.
a. SETTINGS c. THEME
b. STYLE d. PLOT
QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
5. It is the unifying or main idea of the
material.
a. SETTINGS c. THEME
b. STYLE d. NONE
ELEMENTS OF
DRAMA
Drama in Theatre
S CEN ERY (s e t)
These are theatrical equipment,
such as curtains, flats,
backdrops, or platforms, used in
a dramatic production to
communicate surroundings.
Lion king
Romeo and Juliet
COSTUMES