cmst 2040 midterm

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an expansion on the conceptions of texts, alternative roles for performers and audiences, and fresh definitions of performance

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performance studies

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the art of expressing the meaning of written work

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oral interpretation

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core structure of dramatism compromised of act, scene, agent, purpose, agency used as a method or examining literature developed by Kenneth Burke

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the pentad

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the who

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the agent

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where, when, whom

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the scene

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what

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the act

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why

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the purpose

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how

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the agency

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the agents who are speaking identified as creator, persona, performer, and audience

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speaker of aesthetic communication

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to compose through an imagination frame within aesthetic world of personal and social action

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creator

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to utter through a linguistic frame within aesthetic world of literary action

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persona

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to present through a theatrical frame within the aesthetic world of performative action

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performer

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to respond through a critical frame within aesthetic world of personal and social action

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audience

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mode of communication eith a single speaker and personal action speaking alone to an audience

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lyric

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mode of communication with two or more speakers and interpersonal interaction speaking to each other

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dramatic

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mode of communication with two or more speakers and a combination of personal action and interpersonal interaction where one person is speaking alone to an audience and two or more are speaking to each other

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epic

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this is the first step in the procedure to explore personae through voice and body. These are guided by their dramatistic analysis with behaviors triggering each other to try using intuition

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playing

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second step of the exploration process where performers probe their initial understanding of aesthetic texts

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testing

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the third step in the analytic process where choices are made after testing a full range of posibilites

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choosing

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the extensive fourth step of the exploration process to define a persona that permits the performer to set and refine vocal and physical choices

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repeating

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the last step of the exploration process where the performer can receive information about their choices from peers

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presenting

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articulation and pronunciation with the formation of sounds within spoken language

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vocal clarity

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intelligibility of speech

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articulation

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the correctness of speech

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pronunciation

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matter of pitch, volume, and tempo

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vocal variety

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frequency of the vibration in the vocal folds that changes the sound of the human voiceme

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pitch

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also known as intensity it is the force behind the speaking

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volume

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the speed in which words leave the performers mouth

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tempo

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this is the uniqueness in a person's voice. This allows for people to decern one voice from another-- similar to how instruments can be in the same pitch but they sound different

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vocal quality

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comprised of non-verbal behaviors that serve as word substitutions

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sign language

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the study of gesture, movement, postures, and facial expressions

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kinesics

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the study of relational and environmental space

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proxemics

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question of personal display

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object language

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focuses upon how people touch themselves, others, and physical objects

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tactile communication