Drama is a literary composition performed by actors in front of an audience, told through the speech and actions of characters in any story on stage or screen. It contains elements such as a cast of characters, acts and scenes to show changes in time or setting, stage directions describing how scenes should look and characters should speak or move, and dialogue consisting of conversation between characters.

1. What is drama?
English Class
10th Grade
Mrs. Delgado

2. Drama
O A literary composition written to be
performed by actors in front of an
audience.
O Told mainly through speech and
actions of characters.
O Any story performed on stage or
screen.

3. Elements of drama
O Cast of characters – list at the
beginning of a drama. Sometimes
includes descriptions.
O Acts and scenes – shorter sections of a
drama. They show that the time or setting
has changed.
O Stage directions – describe how a
scene should look or how the characters
should speak or move.
O Dialogue – the conversation between
characters.