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Drama: 2 of 2                                                                                              English: Key Terms: 1 of 3


 KEY PHYSICAL SKILLS  DRAMA STRATEGIES

 Gesture  How everyday actions, such as shaking hands or putting on a   Freeze Frame  The action is frozen like a photograph.  English Key Terminology you need to know.
 jacket,  express something about a character. What single   Split Scene  Cutting from scene to scene.
 gestures, like a wave or hug can reveal about a character.  Improvisation  Improvisation is a state of being and creating action without pre-planning.   You need to look up and learn any of these you are unfamiliar
 Facial   How different facial expressions reflect different characters   This can be when an individual or group is acting, dancing, singing, playing
 Expression  and their moods. How eye movements can convey feelings   musical instruments, talking, creating artworks, problem solving, or reacting   with.
 and relationships.
 Over   Exaggeration is a representation of something in an excessive   in the moment and in response to the stimulus.
 Exaggeration  manner. Overacting is the exaggeration of gestures and   Hot Seating  You are in role and people ask you questions about your background,        AFORESTER   Other important   Command words  Word classes  Discourse Markers
 speech when acting.  behaviour and motivation.
 Body Language  The gestures, postures, and facial expressions by which a   Role on the Wall  Role on the Wall is a visual map that invites the actors to explore the inner   techniques  techniques
 person  manifests various physical, mental, or emotional states   feelings and outer influences on a character, place, or idea.  Alliteration  Simile  Describe  Noun  Firstly,
 and  communicates nonverbally with others.  Thought Tracking  When frozen you speak the thought in the character’s head aloud.
 Slow Motion  How quickly or slowly a character makes a gesture or moves   Levels  Using heights and proxemics to demonstrate meaning and relationships to   Facts  Metaphor  Analyse  Proper noun  Secondly,
 across the stage and how it influences our opinion of them.
 the audience.    Opinions                    Hyperbole                    Explain                      Pronoun                     Finally,
 THE STAGE        Repetition                   Onomatopoeia                Identify                     Abstract noun               Similarly,
 Set  The set is the constructed or created setting in which a play takes place.   Emotive language  Stanza  Evaluate  Adjective    However,

 Props  The props are the items used during a performance.
                  Statistics                  Personification              Discuss                      Determiner                  Whereas,
 Costume  All the clothes and accessories an actor wears to demonstrate meaning and/or     Triplets  Imagery  Justify  Conjunction  On the other hand,
 character.
 Masks  Masks are a form of covering the face enabling actors to represent different people or   Exaggeration  Enjambment  Define  Verb  Also,
 beings leading to a more striking and effective performance.  Rhetorical questions  Narrator  Infer    Modal verb                  Moreover,

 “All the world’s a stage.”  Make-Up  Make-up is the cosmetic paint, powder and colouring used on stage to make faces and   Caesura  Suggest  Adverb  Furthermore,
 William Shakespeare  expressions visible to the audience.
 Lighting  The use of artificial light to create a range of effects and moods, or to direct the   State                             In addition,
 audience’s attention.                                                     Compare
 Sound  This includes everything the audience hears.

 Blocking is:
 •the precise staging of actors.  “We must all do theatre, to find out who we are, and to
 •working out an actors movements on the stage.  discover who we could become.”
 Augusto Boal
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