MS Theater 1 4th Six Weeks Vocabulary Review

What is enunciating vowel and consonant sounds clearly for the entire audience to understand called?

• Articulation

• Diction

• Project

• Rate

What is the style, dialect, rhythm and words of the characters called?

• Diction

• Articulation

• Monologue

• Timing

The channeling of all the performer’s energies into achieving the given goals or objectives of a character in a scene is called ______________.

• Focus

• Motivation

• Levels

• Pitch

What is the actor’s ability to perform in a show over and over while making it appear that the dialogue and situations are happening for the first time called?

• Illusion of the First Time

• Monologue

• Diction

• Timing

What is changes in vocal dynamics, including pitch, accent, emphasis, rhythm and tempo/rate called?

• Inflection

• Diction

• Articulation

• Focus

What is variating body & set positions to allow upstage action to be seen by the audience (also gives interest and/or emphasis to the set or scene) called?

• Levels

• Illusion of the First Time

• Volume

• Rate

What is the place on stage, in relation to the set and scenery, where a player is to deliver a particular line or commence some action called?

• Mark

• Levels

• Motivation

• Inflection

What is a speech given by a single actor; can be to themselves (usually revealing thoughts and feelings) or to others on stage?

• Monologue

• Inflection

• Pitch

• Diction

What is a specific reason for saying or doing something (to show a character’s desires through voice and movement) called?

• Motivation

• Project

• Illusion of the First Time

• Articulation

What is the relative highness or lowness of a voice called?

• Pitch

• Inflection

• Rate

• Volume