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ACTIvITy 4.11
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Analyzing and delivering a shakespearean monologue
Vocal Delivery: Tone, Pitch, Volume, Rate, Pauses, Emphasis
Visual Delivery: Gestures, Movement, Facial Expressions
literary Terms
Vocal delivery refers to the ways words are expressed on stage through tone, pitch, volume, rate (or speed) of speech, pauses, or emphasis.
Visual delivery refers to the way plot, character, and conflict are expressed on stage through gestures, movement, and facial expression.
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View an actor performing the monologue and take notes on the actor’s vocal and visual delivery.
my Notes
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Compare your observations of the film version with your analysis of the written monologue. How does the actor's performance affect your understanding
of the meaning of the monologue? Use specific examples from the graphic organizer above.
Plan and rehearse a choral reading of the monologue. Include some of the following techniques to enhance the monologue:
Read some lines as a group, some with a partner, and some alone. Use pantomime and gestures to enhance visual delivery.
Deliver lines fluently with appropriate vocal delivery.
After observing several choral readings, reflect on the different interpretations. Which ones were effective, and why? How did seeing and hearing the monologue help you understand Shakespeare’s language?
What are some visual and vocal techniques that you might use in an oral presentation?
Check Your Understanding
Think back to the monologues presented in the first part of the unit and the choral reading of the scene from Shakespeare. How were they different, and how were they alike? What visual and vocal techniques did you observe, and how were they effective in communicating meaning to an audience?
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