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WorksheetsTheater and Acting Terms
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the use by an actor of a personal experience to relate to the experience of a character within a play?
Blocking
Substitution
Subtext
Characterization
What is the "meaning between the lines" that an actor must draw from the script?
Substitution
Inflection
Subtext
Paraphrasing
What is a modulation (or variety) in pitch?
Upstaging
Blocking
Enunciation
Inflection
What is the act of planning and carrying out movements on stage?
Blocking
Subtext
Inflection
Upstaging
What is the act of improperly taking attention from an actor who should be the focus of interest?
Upstaging
Upstage
Downstage
Protagonist
What is a distinctive action that is repeated and serves as a clue to a character's personality, such as a peculiar laugh or walk?
Inflection
Monologue
Antagonist
Master Gesture
What is communication that uses gestures, posture, and facial expressions instead of words?
Ad-lib
Body Language
Master Gesture
Improvisation
What is putting together all facets of a character to bring life and interest to that character?
Character Part
Characterization
Antagonist
Protagonist
What are roles in which actors portray traits that differ from their own to produce a desired character?
Straight Parts
Supporting Roles
Character Parts
Lead Roles
What is a role in which the actor and the character are similar?
Character Part
Straight Part
Supporting Role
Protagonist
Who are those characters who act as contrasts to others; characters with whom other characters, especially the protagonist, are compared?
Leading Roles
Antagonist
Character Part
Supporting Roles
What is restating the lines of a script in one's own words?
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Inflection
Script Scoring
Who is the person or the force working against the protagonist in a play?
Character Part
Supporting Role
Caricature
Antagonist
Who is the main character in a play?
Protagonist
Antagonist
Supporting Role
Character Part
Who are the main characters (more than one) in a play?
Supporting Roles
Leading Roles
Character Parts
Straight Parts
True or False: The playing of a role in such a way that the actor weeps, suffers, or struggles emotionally is known as subjective acting.
True
False
True or False: The use of learned skills of acting, movement, speech, and interpretation to create roles where no emotional response is used is known as objective acting.
True
False
