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(Skills that involve using your BODY) (Skills that involve using your VOICE) with.
Body How an actor uses their body to Projection Ensuring your voice is loud and
LanguageA communicate meaning. For example, clear for the audience to hear. AFORESTER techniques Other important Command words Word classes Discourse Markers
crossing your arms could mean you are fed
up. How loudly or quietly you say techniques
Posture The position an actor holds their body when Volume something. (Shouting, whispering) Alliteration Simile Describe Noun Firstly,
sitting or standing. For example, an upright Tone The way you say something in
posture or a slouching posture. order to communicate your Facts Metaphor Analyse Proper noun Secondly,
emotions. (E.g. Angry, worried,
Gait The way an actor walks. shocked tone of voice) Opinions Hyperbole Explain Pronoun Finally,
Pace The speed of what you say. Repetition Onomatopoeia Identify Abstract noun Similarly,
Emotive language Stanza Evaluate Adjective However,
Pause Moments of pause can create Statistics Personification Discuss Determiner Whereas,
Facial A form of non-verbal communication that tension, or show that you are Triplets Imagery Justify Conjunction On the other hand,
thinking.
Expressions expresses the way you are feeling, using the Accent/diale Use of an accent tells the Exaggeration Enjambment Define Verb Also,
face.
ct audience where your character is Rhetorical questions Narrator Infer Modal verb Moreover,
from.
Pitch How high or low your voice is.
Gestures A movement of part of the body, especially Caesura Suggest Adverb Furthermore,
a hand or the head, to express an idea or
meaning. State In addition,
Stance The way you position yourself when Emphasis “How could Changing the way a word or part of Compare
standing to communicate your role. An a sentence is said, in order to
elderly person would have a different YOU do that?” emphasise it. (Make it stand out.) Useful websites:
stance to a child. “How could Try emphasising the words in https://www.grammar-monster.com
Proxemics How you use the space around you - the distance capital letters and see how it https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference
between, and positioning of. your character and you do changes the meaning.
others and between your character and https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar
props/furniture to show relationships. THAT?”