COT-PPT (Drama)

Prepared by:
Maria Theresa O. Buscato

Teacher in Creative Writing
TRIVIA, TRIVIA, TRIVIA!
Let’s check how much you know about drama.

Trivia 1
Q. Who is the Father of English drama?
Clue: WLALIIM SSHKPREEAAE
A. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Trivia 2
Q. What do you call the lines that the characters say in a play?
Clue: DOUIALGE
A. DIALOGUE
Trivia 3
Q. What do you call the things or objects that the characters use in a
play/drama?
Clue: PPORS
A. PROPS
Trivia 4
Q. What do you specifically call the writer of a drama or play?
Clue: PYWRGHLAIT
A. PLAYWRIGHT
Trivia 5
Q. How do you call the characters in a drama or play?
Clue: ATRCOS & ARSSTCEES
A. ACTORS & ACTRESSES

Trivia 6
Q. What do you call a drama that ends where the main character failed,
unresolved a conflict or died ?
Clue: TDGREAY
A. TRAGEDY
What is DRAMA?
is a story enacted
onstage for a live
audience
Origin of DRAMA
The earliest known plays…
it comes from the were written around the 5th
Greek verb dran, century B.C.

which means to do were produced for festivals
to honor Dionysus, the god
of wine and fertility
Dramatic structure
Like a story, the plot of the play/drama involves characters
who face a problem or conflict.
Climax
point of highest tension;
action determines how
conflict will be resolved
Complication
tension builds
Exposition Resolution
characters and conflict is resolved;
conflict are introduced play ends
2 Basic Types of
Drama
TRAGEDY
COMEDY
something sad and
tragic; something light and funny;
usually about a hero’s usually ends happily;
failure the plot usually centers on
romantic conflict;
the main character is able to
resolve the conflict
FARCE
a comic play in which the
audience is asked to accept
impossible or highly improbable
situations for the time being
Kinds of Characters
• Characters in a
drama/play are
called actors and
actresses.
Kinds of Characters
Archetype Caricature
an ideal example or model A character whose distinctive
of a character type features or peculiarities are
exaggerated for comic or
Chorus grotesque effect
A group or single character
that comments on the
Foil
action; sometimes speaks
A character who provides a strong
at the beginning or end of a
contrast to another character
play
Stereotype
Simplified character defined by a single
character trait; called as stock character
Plot Development
Aside
Allusion When a character speaks directly
 Reference in a work to to an audience or a few
another work in literature characters while simultaneously
speaking to other characters
Comic Relief
Humorous scene, incident or speech that is
included at a serious point to provide a
change of emotion
Plot Development
Dialect
 Language spoken in a Dialogue
particular geographic area Conversation between two or
or by certain social/ethnic more characters
groups
Monologue
A long speech, sometimes but
not always alone.
Soliloquy
A speech by a character alone on
stage; a kind of monologue
Play Mechanics
Props
 movable objects on stage
Play Mechanics
Set
 scenery on a stage
Play Mechanics
Stage Directions
writer’s instructions to guide
actors and others in
performing the play
Structure of Plays
Act
One-act Play major unit in a play;

similar to a book chapter
play with only one act; may
consist one or more scenes;
In recent years, the 10-
minute play has emerged as a
most popular sub-genre
Structure of Plays
Scene
subdivision within a play’s act; usually
signifies a different time or place. Ex.,
Scene 1 of Act 3 in Romeo & Juliet, when
Tybalt kills Mercutio
What kinds of characters are they?
What kinds of characters are they?
Lights, Camera, Action!
In this activity, you will be in groups with 3 or 4 members.

Using the script of New Yorker in Tondo, you will perform an
impromptu play. You can freely choose which part of the play
you want to dramatize. You can only read the dialogue but
make sure you are following correctly the stage directions
indicated by the writer. One group member takes a video of
the other members doing their performance. Each group has
a time limit of 2 minutes, the maximum.
Good luck actors and actresses!
Assignment
Start making a draft of your own written play script.

Get ready to write your final and edited script the
next day. Don’t forget your Formal Theme Notebook!
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Prepared by:

Maria Theresa O. Buscato

Let’s check how much you know about drama.

Q. Who is the Father of English drama?

Clue: WLALIIM SSHKPREEAAE

Q. What do you specifically call the writer of a drama or play?

Q. How do you call the characters in a drama or play?

Clue: ATRCOS & ARSSTCEES

A. ACTORS & ACTRESSES

Greek verb dran, century B.C.

One-act Play major unit in a play;

In this activity, you will be in groups with 3 or 4 members.

Start making a draft of your own written play script.

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