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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Chapter review
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When actors play their pars in such a way that they actually weep, suffer, or struggle emotionally in front of the audience.
What is subjective acting?
100
This is a character who is often compared to the protagonist in a plot.
What is the foil?
100
A distinctive action that serves as a clue to a character's personality.
What is a master gesture?
100
What your character thinks but does not say.
What is subtext?
100
This stage technique requires three stages: The preparation, the blow, and the reaction.
What is stage combat?
200
This is the substance of acting.
What is characterization?
200
The ability to change style or character with ease.
What is versatality?
200
The rising and falling of pitch.
What is inflection?
200
Using a similar experience to help capture and project the emotional response called for the scene.
What is substitution?
200
This stage technique has four key parts to success: foot positioning, body positioning, time count, and a smooth break.
What is a romantic scene?
300
This leading role is when the actor solves teh problem or is defeated in the conflict.
What is the protagonist?
300
When actors develop a deep personal understanding of what the character is really like.
What is internalizing?
300
Staying on the same note.
What is Sustained inflection?
300
The impromptu portrayal of a character without practice.
What is improvisation?
300
When doing this, an actor may read the script several times, or study the script line by line.
What is memorizing your lines?
400
A young male lead aged 16 to 30 years.
What is a juvenile?
400
Using a person to study for your acting part.
What is a primary source?
400
This often expresses depression or firmness.
What is falling inflection?
400
Stating a line in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
400
When actors use physical techniques to convey a message.
What is body language?
500
This is a young female lead.
What is an ingenue?
500
Using books or the internet to study for your acting part.
What is a secondary source?
500
The intonation of two or more vowel sounds.
What is circumflex?
500
Casting someone over and over in the same kind of role.
What is typecasting?
500
This person stated, " Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue..."
Who is William Shakespeare?