DRAMA STUDENT HANDBOOK

Use this non-fiction booklet with the most important information that students should know when reading non-fiction!. During the unit when students ask you questions like, "What is a soliloquy?" or "What is the difference between a monologue and dialogue?", you can simply direct them to their handbook for the answer!

All you need to do is print, use double sided photocopying, fold and you have a ready-made-booklet! It looks great in color or black and white!

TOPICS COVERED IN HANDBOOK: 

DRAMA IMPORTANT TERMS

→ Playwright

→ Dramatis Personae

→ Act Scene

→ Stage Directions

→ Blocking

→ Gesture

→ Props

→ Protagonist

→ Antagonist

→ Subplot

→ Prologue

→ Monologue

→ Dialogue 

HISTORY OF THEATRE

→ Greek Theatre

→ Medieval Theatre

→ Renaissance Theatre 

DRAMA ELEMENTS, DEVICES, & TERMS

→ Aside

→ Catharsis

→ Pathos

→ Comic Relief

→ Soliloquy

→ Forth Wall

→ Hubris

→ Tragic Hero

→ Tragic Flaw

→ Foil

→ Diction

→ Dramatic Irony

→ Suspension of Disbelief 

DRAMATIC GENRES/TYPES

→ Comedy

→ Tragedy

→ Drama

→ Tragicomedy

→ Farce

→ Docudrama

→ Melodrama

→ Period Piece

→ Theatre of the Absurd

→ Low & High Comedy 

ANALYZING A PLAY

→ Setting

→ Characters

→ Plot

→ Conflict

→ Symbolism

→ Theme

→ Genre

→ Key Lines

→ Speeches

→ Elements

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