TA MP2 Quiz 1 Review

Choose the correct definition.

Antagonist

• The character or situation working against the protagonist

• The main character in a play

• A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play, film, or television show

• When an actor behaves like themselves, rather than their character, during a performance

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Breaking Character

• The imaginary space between a performer and the audience

• An actor’s movement from one area of the stage to another while in character

• When an actor behaves like themselves, rather than their character, during a performance

• Stage direction to leave the stage

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Dialogue

• A written version of a play, scene, or monologue

• A long speech made by one actor

• Controlling the volume and clearness of the voice so that it can be heard by the audience

• A conversation between two or more characters

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Exposition

• Stage direction to come onstage during a performance

• A written version of a play, scene, or monologue

• The performance of dramatic literature; drama

• The part of a play that provides important information to the audience

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Fourth Wall

• The imaginary space between a performer and the audience

• The area of the stage that is farthest from the audience

• The part of a play that provides important information to the audience

• A small segment of a play

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Improvisation

• An instruction in the script of a play, such as movements, sound effects, or lighting

• When an actor behaves like themselves, rather than their character, during a performance

• Creating a brief, spur of the moment scene with little or no preparation

• A written version of a play, scene, or monologue

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Props

• A conversation between two or more characters

• The part of a play that provides important information to the audience

• An actor who learns another person’s role to be a replacement at short notice

• Objects used for a performance, including objects carried by actors and furniture

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Protagonist

• The main character in a play

• The character or situation working against the protagonist

• An actor who learns another person’s role to be a replacement at short notice

• A performer who assumes the role of a character in a play, film, or television show

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Scene

• An instruction in the script of a play, such as movements, sound effects, or lighting

• A small segment of a play

• A written version of a play, scene, or monologue

• A conversation between two or more characters

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Stage Directions

• An instruction in the script of a play, such as movements, sound effects, or lighting

• An actor’s movements onstage

• Stage direction to leave the stage

• The part of a play that provides important information to the audience