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The document discusses various elements and literary devices used in drama, including acts, scenes, dialogue, monologues, asides, soliloquies, foreshadowing, dramatic irony, verbal irony, situational irony, symbolism, character foils and more.

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Elements of Drama

The document discusses various elements and literary devices used in drama, including acts, scenes, dialogue, monologues, asides, soliloquies, foreshadowing, dramatic irony, verbal irony, situational irony, symbolism, character foils and more.

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Elements and Dramatic

Literacy Devices
Drama
• Comes from the Greek Word,
“Dran”
• Means “To do” or “To Act”
• The Doing/Acting Makes Drama
Drama…
• …is a story
told in front
of an
audience
•Dramatic Device
-Is a convention used in
drama as a substitution for
reality that the audience
accept as real although
they know them to be
false.
Dramatic Literacy Devices
1. ACT
-One of the one divisions
of the play. Shakespeare the
five act structure for his plays.
2.SCENE
-This refers to a unit

smaller than act.


3. ASIDE
• - A character reveals her/his true
feelings by directly addressing the
audience. The device is based on the
premise that he/she is not alone on
stage, but he/she is suppostedly not
heard by any other characters. This
convention promoted audience
involvement and provided opportunity
for puns ,foreshadowing, etc.
4. SOLILOQUY
• -A speech delivered by a character
while he/she is alone on stage. He/she is
able to talk to himself/herself by
expressing his/her thoughts,mood or
opinion aloud. The playwrite uses this
device to inform the audience of the
character’s state of mind ,his/her motives
and intentions or to advance the plot,
create suspense , foreshadow future events
or give information about others that
would otherwise remain unvoiced.
5. CHORUS
- A character or group
of characters who give
comments on the play which
link acts or foreshadow coming
events.
Drama
- Drama is writing that is meant to be
performed by actors for an audience. The script
consists of dialogue –the words the actors say –
plus stage directions, which are comments on
how and where the actors move and speak.

When you read drama, you “set the stage” in


your own mind, using your imagination to
visualize the scenery, lighting, costumes, and
actors.
Elements of Drama

• Playwright-the author of a
play
• Actors-the people who
perform
• Acts-the units of action
• Scenes-parts of the acts
Theatre

• Where a play
takes place
Set

• Construction on the
stage that shows
time/place
• Could be called
Scenery
Props

• Small movable items that the


actors use to make actions
look real
Types of Plays
• Comedy–A humorous play with a happy ending.
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• Tragedy–The hero suffers a major downfall due to some


weakness or flaw.
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Dialogue and Monologue
• Dialogue is conversation between two or more
characters.
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• A Monologue is a lengthy speech that one
character addresses to others on stage.
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The purposes of both are to reveal character traits


and to advance the action of the story.
Asides and Soliloquies
• Asides are speeches, often short, made to
the audience or to himself, or even to
another character, but out of earshot of the
other characters on stage.

• A Soliloquy is a long speech that reveals a


character’s true thoughts or feelings,
unheard by other characters, usually while
alone on stage.
Stage Directions
• Stage directions are the instructions for
performing a play and the descriptions of
settings, characters, and actions.

• They help you visualize the play.

• The directions indicate the directions from


on stage: upstage, downstage, stage right,
or stage left.
Plot and Conflict
• A play, like a short story, contains a plot, or
a series of events, involving a conflict.
• The conflict may be introduced early in the
play, perhaps in the opening scene.
• Tension builds to the climax and by the end
of the play the conflict is resolved.
• The resolution of the conflict reveals the
play’s theme.
Dramatic Irony

• A contradiction between what a


character thinks and what the
reader/audience knows to be
true
Verbal Irony

• Words used to suggest the


opposite of what is meant
Situational Irony

• An event occurs that directly


contradicts the expectations of
the characters, the reader, or
the audience
Foreshadowing
• the use of indicative word or phrases and
hints that set the stage for a story to unfold
and give the reader a hint of something that is
going to happen without revealing the story or
spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used
to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story.
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Character Foil
• a character that shows qualities that
are in contrast with the qualities of
another character with the objective to
highlight the traits of the other
character.
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Symbolism
• the use of symbols to signify ideas and
qualities by giving them symbolic
meanings that are different from their
literal sense.
Examples:
Lime green in Disney movies represents evil
Apples for teachers or education

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