Which is not a characteristic of drama?
dialogue
character actions
stage directions
narration

I'm pretty sure the answer is "Stage Directions".

Dialogue is DEFINITELY a characteristic of drama

Stage directions  may  be the answer, although, I'm NOT TOTALLY POSITIVE.

Narration IS a characteristic

and I feel as though, when it comes to 'Character actions', It's pretty obvious that those are characteristics of drama.

Disclaimer: I may be wrong, you'll probably want to do further research before answering your question to ensure a good grade.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.