ENGLISH 9

• Theater


  Collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present a real or imaginative event on stage
• Play


  A play or drama consisting of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than acting
• Ensemble


  A group of actors working together as a unified whole, often without star roles and individual leads
• Pantomime


  A form of theatrical performance in which they use actions and gestures to convey a story, without the use of words
• Tragedy


  A genre of drama characterized by serious and somber themes, particularly involving the downfall of a main character due to tragic flaws or personal circumstances
• Cue


  A signal, either verbal or visual, in order for an actor to perform an action or deliver a line
• Props


  Objects used by the actors during performances
• Monologue


  Long speech delivered by one character
• Crossfader


  A lever on a lighting control console that simultaneously dims all the channels from one cut to the next
• Prompt book


  The book compiled by the stage manager, containing all the information about the show
• Jack Knife Platform


  A platform that pivots on one corner
• Hazer


  A device that creates a thin mist of fog throughout the stage
• Callboard


  The backstage bulletin board in which announcements, schedules, and other information is posted
• Green Room


  A common area where performers wait until it is time to go onstage
• House Right


  The right side of the auditorium
• Shotgun mic


  A microphone that picks up sound only directly in front of it
• Set Dressing


  Decorations that have no function on a set, but are just merely placed there to look good
• False Proscenium


  A portal that gives the set its own "picture frame"
• Audience Blinders


  A bank of small PAR cans all mounted in the same fixture. It is also used to create a bright wash of light in the audience
• Back Light


  Light coming from backstage of an actor
• Personal props


  Items that are carried onstage by an actor during a performance
• Boom Stand


  A microphone with a horizontal attachment that can reach over a keyboard or a musical instrument
• Subwoofer


  A speaker designed to play very low, almost inaudible frequencies
• Front of House


  Anything in the house rather than onstage
• Masking


  The draperies or flats that hide backstage from the audience
• Casters


  The wheels on a platform
• Stock Scenery


  Flats and platforms that are used and stored for many different productions
• Suprasegmental Features


  Another term for prosodic features. It is a set of grammatical rules governing the use of punctuation marks such as commas and full stops
• Four types of suprasegmental features

  • Pitch
  • Juncture
  • Stress
  • Intonation
• Pitch


  The loudness and lowness of voice. We use it to give subtle meaning to sentences
• Stress


  The emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word phrase or sentence
• Juncture


  The manner of moving between two successive syllables in a speech. A cue by means in which the listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings
• Intonation


  Plays a role in determining utterance meaning
• Two types of intonation

  • Falling intonation
  • Rising intonation
• Falling intonation


  Describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a group of words
• Rising intonation


  Describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence. Common in yes-no questions
• Woofer


  A speaker element that reproduces low-end frequencies