This presentation overviews: 

• The importance of form-specific features

• Distinctive qualities of drama

• 15 dramatic devices with simple definitions (aside, monologue, soliloquy, dramatic irony, set, breaking the fourth wall, props, lighitng, polyphonous script, stage directions, dialogue, proxemics, costume, staccato, suspension of disbelief)

• 4 extra terms: verisimilitude, catharsis and hamartia 

• Follow-up lesson: check students' understanding with a competitive round of the Dramatic Features Cluey Find-a-Word. 

• Extension Task (listed here only):

Using their play text, students work in groups to race to find as many of the 15 dramatic devices listed in this presention as possible. May make a Powerpoint or table in Google Docs to share examples with the class.