Monologue Vocabulary

people playing character parts

• characters

• actors

to critically examine or carefully inspect

• rate

• diaphragm

• analyze

the shaping and molding of sounds into syllables

• inflection

• articulation

• projection

losing concentration; speaking or behaving inconsistently as the character

• breaking character

• pitch

• gesture

personality an actor portrays different from his/her own

• actor

• character

• theme

muscle located between the abdomen and the ribcage

• bicep

• diaphragm

• glute

movement or expression of body/face

• posture

• articulation

• gesture

the rising and falling of pitch

• inflection

• articulation

• pitch

long speech spoken by one character in which he/she reveals thoughts and feelings

• dialogue

• prologue

• monologue

the musical tone of the voice

• tone

• pitch

• articulation