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Drama Flashcards

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Tone

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The emotion given to us by the speakers voice

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Pitch

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How high or low your voice sounds

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Pace

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How fast or slow you read at specific point

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Projection

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How loud your voice is

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Physical characterization

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The use of body language and facial expressions to tell a/the story

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Pronunciation

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Saying words in a proper manner

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Pause

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Taking a small break from reading at commas,fullstops and between lines in poems

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Preparation

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Practicising and memorising your lines using methods like talking to yourself in the mirror and talking to your dog

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Atmosphere

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The interaction between the audience and the mood of a drama performance

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Audience

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The body of people invited or otherwise to view a drama activity, rehearsal or event.

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Audience

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The body of people invited or otherwise to view a drama activity, rehearsal or event. Audience includes the patterns in the composition of the audience(e.g age,gender,cultural background and drama experience.

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Dialogue

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Characters talking to each other in a performance is dialogue. This also refers to spoken word in a play.

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Drama

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Drama is the creation of imaginative Worlds and human experiences using the elements of drama

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Dramatic tension

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Drives the drama and keeps the audience interested the tension comes when the opposing characters, dramatic action, ideas ,attitude values, emotions and desires are in Conflict creating a problem that needs to be resolved or unresolved through drama.

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Dramatic action

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Dramatic action occurs when a situation is presented, explored and resolved or brought to conclusion.

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Gesture

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Gesture involves movement of the body parts to communicate meaning.
It often involves use of body parts e.g shrugging, waving ,pointing winking,etc.

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Language

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This refers to the use of spoken or written words that observe particular conventions and registers that communicate ideas ,feelings and other associations.

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Text

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Text refers to the use of published text, online materials and other compositions ,the reference of, which ads meaning to the drama

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Metaphor

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A metaphor is creating an image or idea of one thing by saying it is something else. For example “he is a lion of a man”

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Mood

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the mood is the emotional impact intended by the the creative team

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Plot

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Plot is the events that make up the story of the play

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Props

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This term is short for properties and refers to objects that are character uses. It is split into two categories hard props(table) and soft(tablecloth)props.

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Role

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A Performer can present in performance a role that represents an abstract concept, stereotyped figure or person reduced to a particular dominant trait.

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Scene

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Seen is a section of a play that occurs in a particular place and time

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Set

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The stage space constructed to show the place and time of the dramatic action.

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Soundscape

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A collection of sound effect SFX that are sourced or recorded and then edited to create the ambience or impression of a particular setting such as a factory ,train station or beach

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Space

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The place where dramatic action is situated .

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The stage direction

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The instructions in a script that describe where what when and how something is to occur and who is going to do it

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What is mime

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Mime is a theatrical technique of suggesting actions ,character or emotion using gesture ,expression and movement.

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Literal mime

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Is primarily used for comedy and story. Usually tells a story through actions and visual design

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Abstract mime

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Generate feelings thoughts and images about a certain topic or issue there’s usually no plot of central character

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How do mimes dress

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Light black and white clothing with White facial makeup (unless it’s a contemporary mind)

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Mime history

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Mimes originate from ancient Greece
The name is taken from a masked dancer called pantomimas Jean Gaspard Debarau

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Poetry

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Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience created through meaning, sound and Rhyme language choices to evoke an emotional response

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Stanza

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A unit of lines grouped together which usually consists of two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem

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Couplets

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A stanza of only two lines that usually rhymes

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Tercets

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Stanzas consisting of three Lines. These three lines may or may not have the same end rhyme. If all three lines rhyme it is called a triplet

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Quatrain

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Are stanzas of four lines which can be written in any rhyme scheme

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Alternating quadrains

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A four-line stanza rhyming “abab” quatrains

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Envelope stanza

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A stanza with the rhyming scheme “ abba “ such as that line two and three are enclosed between the Rhymes of line one and four two of these stanzas make up the octave used in Italian sonnets

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7 functions of visual art and drama

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Expressive
Financial
Religious/social/political
Aesthetic
Perceptual
Decorative
Advertising

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Expressive function

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Van Gogh-play;social issues

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Financial function

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Commercial art-talk show

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Religious/social/political function

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Icon/portraits/social—passion play,propaganda,ritual drama

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Aesthetic function

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Matisse–performance art

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Perceptual function

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Realism–documentary

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Decorative function

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Interior design – music video;narrative play

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Advertising function

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Posters–infomercial

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Tone/mood

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The attitude a poet takes towards his/her subject . E.g Joy,sadness,frustration,anger and puzzlement

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Rhyme

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The pattern in which the end rhymes

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern in which the end rhyme occurs

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Theme

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This talks about the central idea and the thought behind what the poet wants to convey

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to convey feelings, thoughts and ideas

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Senses poetry

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A poem where the writer uses 1,2 or all of your senses (touch,tastes,sight,hearing and smell)

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Imagery

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Representation of the five senses.Creates a mental image about the poems subject.

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Visual imagery

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Visual descriptions so vivid they seem to come to life in the readers mind when they are read

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What is soap opera

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Soap operas are long running series concerned with everyday life. Atleas one storyline is carried on from one episode to the next so it is potentially endless

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3 facts about soap operas

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New viewers can join in at any stage
Time in the series reflects real time
Characters age along with viewers

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Elements of drama

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Plot: the events in a play
Character: people or creatures in a play
Setting: the time and place of a literary work
Dialogue :conversation in a play
Theme: the central thought of a play
Scenery: Various elements that are used to create a particular visual setting for a play.

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Character

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A person or role in the drama that may have defined personal qualities and/or histories.

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