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Freshman Acting

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






2. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs are called _______.






3. Intended point of interest onstage






4. The text of the play is the _____.






5. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?

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6. Describe diaphragmatic breathing






7. How you divide your speeches into smaller parts - adding pauses to create emphasis and rhythmic pattern of sounds and silences is _______.






8. __________ are the parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






9. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.






10. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.






11. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.






12. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






13. Your customary way of holding your body






14. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






15. To _______ means to set apart or detach.






16. Information that is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words






17. How high or low your voice is ______.






18. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.






19. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.






20. How fast or slow you speak is _____.






21. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....






22. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.






23. Through your interactions - you will begin to develop a working - tursting relationships wand to learn what it takes to be a part of an ______ - a group whose individuals function together to create a whole.






24. Intended point of interest onstage






25. ______ is acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






26. The text of the play is the _____.






27. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs






28. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.






29. What is good posture?






30. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.






31. To keep your face and the front of your body visible to the audience as much as possible.






32. To speak or to act without a script






33. ______ is a position onstage in which one actor mirrors another actor's position.






34. To move from one place onstage is another is called_____.






35. How loud or soft your voice is ______.






36. What are the three jobs your voice must do during a performance?

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37. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.






38. What are the three elements of storytelling?

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39. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.






40. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.






41. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?






42. What is good posture?






43. What are the three elements of storytelling?

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44. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






45. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.






46. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?






47. In improvisation you must also pay close _____ to what your fellow actors are saying and doing so you can ____ accordingly. ____ _____ is also vital for improvisation






48. Information This is implied but not stated directly by a character; thoughts or actions of a character that do not express the same meaning as the spoken words is _______.






49. To move from one place onstage to another.






50. When was storytelling originated?