| A | B |
|---|
| emotional/subjective acting | acting that focuses on the emotions |
| technical/objective acting | acting the focuses on movement and gesture |
| leading roles | the main characters in a play |
| protagonist | the main character who has to deal with the situations in the play |
| antagonist | the main character or force in a play that opposes the protagonist |
| supporting roles | characters with fewer lines who surround the lead roles |
| straight parts | when an actor plays a character that is close to himself or herself |
| character parts | when an actor plays a character that is far removed from himself or herself |
| characterization | the process of creating a character and bringing it to life on stage |
| primary source | someone that an actor observes that he models most of a character's traits on |
| secondary sources | other people that an actor observes an incorporates certain things from into his character |
| body language | non-verbal communication |
| master gesture | a certain identifying gesture of one character |
| inflection | changing the voice up or down for different emotional effects |
| subtext | the message that underlies the lines |
| substitution | use of a personal experience to relate to the experience of a character |
| improvisation | acting without a script;useful in rehearsal |
| paraphasing | restating the lines in an actor's own words;used to understand the subtext better |
| monologue | a long speech by one character |
| foil | another character compared to the protagonist |
| character sketch | answering basic questions about your character to get to know the character |
| leading center | the part of the body that a character leads with that gives a clue to the internal makeup of the character |
| countercross | a cross made to balance the stage picture |
| cheat out | turning the body out, so the audience has a better view of the actor |
| share a scene | two actors sharing equal focus |
| giving the scene | one actor turning away from the audience, giving another actor focus |
| turning the scene in | three actors form a triangle and two of them turn upstage to give focus to the third |
| taking yourself out of a scene | turning away from the audience |
| stage business | any action performed by an actor, usually not put forth in the script |
| stage combat | fake fighting, trying to look as real as possible |
| rising inflection | the voice rises in pitch |
| falling inflection | the voice lowers in pitch |
| sustained inflection | staying on the same pitch |
| circumflex inflection | using two vowel sounds where there is usually one to alter the meaning of a word |
| pointing lines | placing the correct emphasis on certain words to acheive a desired affect |
| arena stage | audience on four sides |
| thrust stage | audience on three sides |
| dialect | the certain pattern of voice of a group or nationality |
| accent | the pattern of speech produced when people of one nationality attempt to speak a foreign language |
