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Worksheets6th grade Theater- Vocabulary and Stage Positions
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The actor’s movement from one area of the stage to another.
a)
Cue
b)
Blocking
c)
Cross
d)
Cheat
2.
Words or actions that signal another actor to speak, move or act.
a)
cheat
b)
blocking
c)
charachter
d)
cue
3.
The people or classmates watching the actors perform or share.
a)
audience
b)
character
c)
cast
d)
cheat
4.
The who, what , when, where and why of any situation, scene or play.
a)
cheat
b)
5 W's
c)
blocking
d)
audience
5.
When the stage lights go out; signals the end of a scene in a play.
a)
fourth wall
b)
cue
c)
blackout
d)
projection
6.
Facing out to the audience; adjusting one’s body to make sure fellow actors are visible to the audience.
a)
cross
b)
cue
c)
tableau
d)
cheat
7.
The part or role an actor re-creates (person, animal, object, or creature).
a)
character
b)
cast
c)
audition
d)
script
8.
1. The part or role an actor re-creates (person, animal, object, or creature).
a)
character
b)
cast
c)
audition
d)
script
9.
The actors who play the roles in the play.
a)
characters
b)
audience
c)
protagonist
d)
cast
10.
The planning and working out of the actor’s stage movements.
a)
blocking
b)
places
c)
actors tools
d)
audition
11.
An unrehearsed reading of a script.
a)
performance
b)
cold reading
c)
audition
d)
monologue
12.
_________ is to make movements, sounds or facial expressions larger than life so that the audience can see and understand the idea being communicated.
a)
blocking
b)
cue
c)
exaggerate
d)
projection
13.
A presentation, formal or informal, of a work of theatre for a live audience.
a)
scenes
b)
rehearsal
c)
improvisation
d)
performance
14.
the call for all actors and stage crew to take their places for the start of a rehearsal or performance
a)
places
b)
cue
c)
off-book
d)
monologue
15.
the call for all actors and stage crew to take their places for the start of a rehearsal or performance
a)
places
b)
cue
c)
off-book
d)
monologue
16.
The main character of a play with whom the audience can most identify.
a)
character
b)
protagonist
c)
cast
d)
upstage
17.
What an actor uses for creative expressions; the mind, body and voice.
a)
5 W's
b)
script
c)
actor's tools
d)
monologue
18.
An opportunity for an actor to demonstrate talent or earn a role in a production or theatre company.
a)
cold reading
b)
monologue
c)
rehearsal
d)
audition
19.
A frozen picture or stage composition in which the actors remain motionless.
a)
tableau
b)
black-out
c)
exaggerrate
d)
pantomime
20.
The smaller units of a play like chapters are in a book.
a)
characters
b)
scenes
c)
lines
d)
script
21.
The clothing worn by an actor to convey the character.
a)
character
b)
actor's tools
c)
costume
d)
fourth wall
22.
_____________ is practicing a piece of theatre preparing for a performance.
a)
rehearsal
b)
cold reading
c)
performance
d)
improvisation
23.
_______________ is the written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions.
a)
monologue
b)
script
c)
performance
d)
audition
24.
_______________ is the written text of a play, including dialogue and stage directions.
a)
monologue
b)
script
c)
scenes
d)
actor's tool
25.
______________ is ready to rehearse or perform without the script; lines and blocking are memorized.
a)
cold reading
b)
audition
c)
off-book
d)
script
26.
____________ as a verb, to steal the focus of a scene.
a)
rehearsal
b)
monologue
c)
cheat
d)
upstage
27.
______________ the imaginary wall between the actors and the audience.
a)
Fourth wall
b)
Blackout
c)
Tableau
d)
Protagonist
28.
___________ is the underlying meaning of a play or literary work.
a)
Performance
b)
Theme
c)
Script
d)
Definition
29.
____________ is unplanned acting without a script; an act made up along the way.
a)
Pantomime
b)
cold reading
c)
Improvisation
d)
tableau
30.
____________ is speaking loudly enough without yelling for the entire audience to hear.
a)
Exaggerate
b)
Protagonist
c)
Monologue
d)
Projection
31.
____________ is a long speech by a single actor.
a)
Improvisation
b)
Monologue
c)
Script
d)
Performance
32.
_____________ is acting silently and/or using imaginary objects
a)
Tableau
b)
Actor's Tools
c)
Audition
d)
Pantomime
33.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
1/4 left
b)
1/4 right
c)
3/4 left
d)
3/4 right
34.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
1/4 left
b)
1/4 right
c)
3/4 left
d)
3/4 right
35.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
1/4 right
b)
1/4 left
c)
3/4 right
d)
3/4 left
36.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
1/4 right
b)
1/4 left
c)
3/4 right
d)
3/4 left
37.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
Full Back
b)
Full Front
c)
Profile Left
d)
Profile Right
38.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
Full Back
b)
Full Front
c)
Profile Left
d)
Profile Right
39.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
Full Back
b)
Full Front
c)
Profile Left
d)
Profile Right
40.
Which body direction is hi-lighted?
a)
Full Back
b)
Full Front
c)
Profile Left
d)
Profile Right
41.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
House
c)
Pit
d)
Wing
42.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
House
c)
Pit
d)
Wing
43.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
House
c)
Pit
d)
Wing
44.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
House
c)
Pit
d)
Wing
45.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
Grand Drape
c)
Apron
d)
Pit
46.
What part of the theater is hi-lighted?
a)
Backstage
b)
Grand Drape
c)
Apron
d)
Pit
47.
What stage position is # 1?
a)
Upstage Right
b)
Upstage Left
c)
Down Stage Right
d)
Down Stage Left
48.
What stage position is # 2?
a)
Upstage Right
b)
Upstage Center
c)
Center Stage
d)
Down Stage Center
49.
What stage position is # 3?
a)
Upstage Right
b)
Upstage Left
c)
Down Stage right
d)
Down Stage Left
50.
What stage position is # 4?
a)
Center Stage
b)
Center Stage Right
c)
Center Stage Left
51.
What stage position is # 5?
a)
Center Stage Right
b)
Center Stage Left
c)
Center Stage
d)
Down Stage Cente
52.
What stage position is # 6?
a)
Center Stage Left
b)
Center Stage Right
c)
Down Stage Right
d)
Down Stage Left
53.
What stage position is # 7?
a)
Down Stage Left
b)
Upstage Left
c)
Down Stage Right
d)
Upstage Left
54.
What stage position is # 8?
a)
Upstage Center
b)
Center Stage
c)
Downstage Center
55.
What stage position is # 9?
a)
Upstage Right
b)
Upstage Left
c)
Downstage Right
d)
Downstage Left
56.
What stage position is # 9?
a)
Upstage Right
b)
Upstage Left
c)
Downstage Right
d)
Downstage Left
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