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WorksheetsActing Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Planned movement onstage as a scene progresses
Blocking
Subtext
Progression
Stage business
Furthest from the audience
Center
Upstage
Backstage
Downstage
An actor moving to the left side of the stage is moving
Stage right
Stage left
Center
Upstage
A stage signal; the last few words, actions, or technical effects that prompt another actor's lines
Stage business
Special effects
Cue
Subtext
The unstated plot of the scene; what the character is thinking and feeling
Dialogue
Mood
Stage business
Subtext
Closest to the audience
Upstage
Center
Downstage
Backstage
What is a modulation (or variety) in pitch?
Upstaging
Blocking
Enunciation
Inflection
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 putting together all facets of a character to bring life and interest to that character?
Character Part
Characterization
Antagonist
Protagonist
What is restating the lines of a script in one's own words?
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Inflection
Script Scoring
What is acting done by one person called?
Duet
Monotone
Monologue
Solo Acting
What is a cast when referring to theatre?
The people who portray characters
The people who work behind the scenes
The thing you wear when you "break a leg"
A statue of a character
A long speech given by a character that expresses inner thoughts aloud to himself and the audience.
soliloquy
aside
monologue
dialogue
What drives the behavior of a character?
Deprivation
Motivation
Degradation
Momentum
If an actor has memorized his/her lines, he/she is
Off book
On book
