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Theatre Terminology 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the correct term:

Section of a play that occurs at one place, at one time.

a)

Entrance

b)

Scene

c)

Blocking

d)

Acting Area

2.

Identify the correct term:

Tempo or speed at which a scene is played.

a)

Ad lib

b)

Emotional Recall

c)

Build Vocally

d)

Pacing

3.

Identify the correct term:

Actors in a play.

a)

Cast

b)

Role

c)

Actor

d)

Audience

4.

Identify the correct term:

Convincing to the audience.

a)

Inflection

b)

Motivation

c)

Articulation

d)

Believable

5.

Identify the correct term:

Leave the stage.

a)

Blackout

b)

Cross

c)

Exit

d)

Cue

6.

Identify the correct term:

Process of starting and stopping vowel and consonant sounds.

a)

Articulation

b)

Cue

c)

Open

d)

Blocking

7.

Identify the correct term:

Remembering a feeling from your own life to apply to a performance.

a)

Open

b)

Actor

c)

Emotional Recall

d)

Audience

8.

Identify the correct term:

Sections of the stage, named for their relation to the audience.

a)

Role

b)

Acting Area

c)

Cue

d)

Stage Direction

9.

Identify the correct term:

All stage lights go off at the same time.

a)

Exit

b)

Open

c)

Blackout

d)

Act

10.

Identify the correct term:

Character's goal.

a)

Believable

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Emotional Recall

d)

Objective

11.

Identify the correct term:

Script instructions for movement, business, sound, etc.

a)

Stage directions

b)

Scene

c)

Pacing

d)

Cue

12.

Identify the correct term:

  1. Gliding from one pitch level to another.

a)

Build vocally

b)

Articulation

c)

Motivation

d)

Inflection

13.

Identify the correct term:

  1. Area that the audience cannot see.

a)
  1. Backstage

b)

Acting Area

c)

Blackout

d)

Exit

14.

Identify the correct term:

  1. Move from one stage area to another.

a)

Act

b)

Actor

c)

Cross

d)

Ad lib

15.

Identify the correct term:

To perform for an audience representing another person.

a)

Act

b)

Actor

c)

Audience

d)

Cast

16.

Identify the correct term:

Come onto the stage.

a)

Cue

b)

Motivation

c)

Stage directions

d)

Entrance

17.

Identify the correct term:

Part or character played by an actor

a)

Cast

b)

Role

c)

Actor

d)

Believable

18.

Identify the correct term:

People who watch and or listen and respond to a performance.

a)

Pacing

b)

Objective

c)

Blocking

d)

Audience

19.

Identify the correct term:

Turn toward the audience.

a)

Open

b)

Build vocally

c)

Articulation

d)

Role

20.

Identify the correct term:

Last word or action before your line or action.

a)

Inflection

b)

Cue

c)

Open

d)

Entrance

21.

Identify the correct term:
Performer, player, thespian.

a)

Actor

b)

Cast

c)

Role

d)

Act

22.

Identify the correct term:

The reason behind a character's behaviour.

a)

Blocking

b)

Objective

c)

Motivation

d)

Ad lib

23.

Identify the correct term:

  1. Use the voice to change mood and increase intensity.

a)

Build vocally

b)

Inflection

c)

Articulation

d)

Pacing

24.

Identify the correct term:

Create lines or actions spontaneously when necessary.

a)

Cue

b)

Pacing

c)

Ad lib

d)

Blocking

25.

Identify the correct term:

Planned movement on a stage.

a)

Blocking

b)

Pacing

c)

Cross

d)

Entrance