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Freshman Acting

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Consonants are formed by ______ which are the ____ - ____ - _____ - ____ and the _________.
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Upstage
Volume
Posture

2. an expressive movement of the body or limbs is a ______.
Pitch
Open
Cold reading
Gesture

3. To speak or to act without a script
Script
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Script
Impovise

4. How loud or soft your voice is ______.
Open
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Pitch
Tell - show

5. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Resonators
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell

6. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Story - conflict
Isolate
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.

7. What is the purpose of physical warm ups?
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Cold reading
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility

8. How high or low your voice is
Pitch
Tell - show
Pantomime
Improvise

9. How loud or soft your voice is.
Script
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Project
Volume

10. The parts of the body that create vowel sounds.
Phrasing
Articulation
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate
Resonators

11. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Pitch
Subtext
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.

12. Using a variety in your voice to express your changing thoughts and emotions is called ______.
Upstage
Pitch
Focus
Tell - show

13. In improvisation you must create _____ and ______ immediately and without preparation.
Story - conflict
Isolate
Pitch
Script

14. Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before.
Tempo
Pantomime
Cold Reading
Upstage

15. The text of the play.
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Project
Beats
Script

16. The parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Similarities - differences
Ensemble
Articulators
Resonators

17. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Cross
Resonance.
Script
articulation

18. What is good posture?
Inflection
Isolate
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
Cold reading

19. What are the three types of movement covered in pantomime?
Open
Any movement that tells us something important about the character -movement that tells us a story through silent action alone -movement that portrays an activity without using objects
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses

20. To make your voice fill the performance space.
Pitch
Project
Observe
Posture

21. ______ is to make your voice fill the performance space.
Tempo
Pantomiming
Script
Project

22. Improvisation requires _____ -____ and the ability to use past experiences.
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Posture
Resonators

23. As you explore how your body moves - you will discover it's ______ and it's _______.
Tempo
Phrasing
Capabilities - limitations
Articulators - jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - soft palate

24. Acting without words through facial expression and gesture.
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
Shared Position
Improvisation requires spontaneity imagination.
Pantomime

25. When was storytelling originated?
Observe
Script
Resonators
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales

26. Vowels are formed by ________ which are the _______ - _____ - _--__ - and the ______.
Observe
Resonants - hard palate - soft palate - throat - sinuses
Improvise
Tell - show

27. ______ is to speak or to act without a script.
Shared Position
Improvise
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Beats

28. When you understand the _____ and ______ between you and the character you will be portraying - those _______ and ______ can be accentuated by your body and your voice.
Similarities - differences
Volume
Subtext
Improvise

29. A major difference between the traditions of storytelling and theatre is that storytellers generally _____ a story - punctuation it with the imitation of character voices and gestures - while actors generally ____ a show - supply explanation when nec
Sense memory
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Resonance
Tell - show

30. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Breathing using diaphram
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words
Cross
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.

31. The parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Articulators
Beats
Gesture
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words

32. A quality cause by vibration that enriches the vocal tone.
Open
Resonance
Resonance.
Cross

33. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
Cross
Physical warm-ups help get your body physically and mentally prepared for whatever exercise/ activity you plan to do.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Cold reading

34. ____________ is your memory of sights - sounds - smells - tastes - and textures.
Articulators
Sense memory
Shared position
Pitch

35. Smaller sections of a scene divided where shifts in emotion or topic occurs
Consonants are formed by articulators which are the jaw - lips - tongue - teeth - and soft palate.
Pitch
Beats
Resonance

36. How high or low your voice is
Pitch
Open
Sense memory
Character development

37. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called....
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Good posture is... standing up tall with your feet shoulder width apart; allowing yourself to relax completely.
articulation
Phrasing

38. Describe diaphragmatic breathing
Posture
Diaphragmatic breathing is when your diaphragm closes when you inhale and expands when you exhale.
Articulators
Articulators

39. 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
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
Storytellers acknowledge the listeners and adpt the story accordingly -storytellers take on many different characters and don't stick to just one -some stories may span many years with int so it takes more than one session to tell
Posture
Resonators

40. _______ is your customary way of holding your body.
Pitch
Inflection
Posture
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions

41. _____ is the intended point of interest onstage.
Upstage
Phrasing
Upstage
Impovise

42. The text of the play.
Posture
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Script
Gesture

43. In improvisation you must create _____ and _____ immediately and without preparation.
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.
Be heard by everyone -convey the character -convey character's emotions
Shared position
Resonance

44. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.
Around age of cave dwellers - use to tell myths - legends - and folktales
Pantomiming
Resonance.
Improvise

45. _______ are the parts of the body that create consonant sounds.
Articulators
Cross
Subtext
Loosen muscles - reminds you of space around you - relieves stress - find focus - prepare and energize

46. What is good posture?
Similarities - differences
Standing up straight - shoulders back - chin up - imagine body suspended from string
Attention - react - cooperative flexibility
In improvisation you must create speeches and actions immediately and without preparation.

47. What are the two types of movement covered in pantomime?
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Facial expressions - body movements - physical - emotional
Breathing using diaphram
*an action that tells the audience something about the character you are preforming as - a movement that tells a story without words

48. A quality caused by vibration that enriches the vocal tone is _______.
Cross
Subtext
Cold reading
Resonance.

49. What are the three elements of storytelling?

50. The clear and precise pronunciation of words is called ___________.
Impovise
Articulation
Story - conflict
Open