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Mr. Whitley loves it when
100

Acting without a sound is...

What is pantomime?
100

Making up the scene as you go is called...

What is improvisation?
100

Speaking loudly is called

What is projection?

100

A person who pretends to be a character on stage is an 

What is an actor?

100

Mr. Whitley loves it when the actors on stage speak loudly. We call that ___________.

What is projection?

200
Sections of a play can be broken down into smaller parts which are called

What is a scene?

200

Using your hands to communicate

What is a gesture?

200

Speaking clearly is called...

What is articulation?

200

Who, what, when, where, and why are considered these inside of a story?

What are the 5 W's inside a story?

200

Mr. Whitley loves it when actors use their hands to express what they are feeling. These are called ______________

What are gestures?

300

This can be found at the end of a story and is sometimes called the "solution", but the proper term for this is...

What is a resolution?

300

This sort of clown doesn't speak and depends solely on his gestures and facial expressions.

What is a mime?

300

Speaking with emotion...

What is expression?

300

The reason a character does a certain action; is their "why" for doing something.

What is motivation?

300

Mr. Whitley loves to read. When actors read these and the director tells them what to do, it is not considered this type of acting.

What is improvisation?

400

This document contains all of the dialogue that the characters say to one another.

What is a script?

400

This is an object that you use if you are an actor

What is a prop?

400

A made-up language that is not real is called

What is gibberish?

400

This is what the character wants. Example: Cinderella wants to go to the ball. Her evil-stepsisters want to marry the prince.

What is objective?

400

This is the street to go to if you want to dance, sing and act in the Big Apple!

What is Broadway?

500

This person tells the actors how to act and say their dialogue on stage.

What is a director?

500
True or False: When the director gives the actors directions this is called Improvisation.

False

500

A pun or joke or phrase that uses illiteration as so to prepare the actor to speak more clearly or stumble up the speaker's words.

What are tongue-twisters?

500

In theatre, this word that normally means to "make confident" is considered why the character wants their objectives.

What is motivation?

500

Mr. Whitley knows that a character can be found in many places. True or false. A character can also be found on a keyboard.

FALSE