Starter quiz
- Eye contact refers to ...
- whether someone looks into your eyes. ✓
- whether someone wears glasses.
- where someone smiles when they speak to you.
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- Performing a monologue means ...
- delivering your monologue in front of an audience. ✓
- planning your monologue using a beginning, middle and end.
- writing your monologue using ambitious vocabulary.
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- If someone is speaking really quickly and tripping over their words then it might indicate ...
- excitement. ✓
- boredom.
- indifference.
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- Which of the following might indicate confidence?
- slouched posture
- upright posture ✓
- crossed arms
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- A monologue written from the perspective of a character is an opportunity to ...
- give impartial information about a character
- give a character's thoughts and feelings ✓
- give other character's opinions on the character
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- How do we effectively communicate with others?
- through verbal communication and precise language
- through a mixture of verbal and non-verbal communication ✓
- through non-verbal communication with exaggerated gestures
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Exit quiz
- The way someone holds themselves when they’re seated or standing is known as ...
- their eye contact.
- their pitch.
- their posture. ✓
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- The pace of your voice refers to ...
- the highness and lowness of your voice.
- the speed with which you talk. ✓
- the attitude and emotion of your voice.
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- Which of the following indicate confident body language?
- fiddling with your hair
- standing with your hands in your pockets
- having your hands free and open ✓
- standing without fidgeting ✓
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- The movements or positions of your body that show other people how you are feeling is known as ...
- 'body language' ✓
- Having a high pitched voice can indicate ...
- boredom.
- a resolute attitude.
- agitation. ✓
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- Speaking using a slow pace of voice could indicate ...
- heightened emotion.
- fear.
- relaxation. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- We can use our body language, posture and eye contact to convey certain emotions.
- We can vary the pitch and pace of our voice to convey different emotions and influence the tone of our monologue.
- You can trick yourself into feeling more confident about a performance through deep breathing and smiling.
Common misconception
That we can't do anything to help control our nerves.
While we can't stop the feeling of nervousness entirely, we can trick our body into relaxing more by smiling and using deep breathing.
Keywords
Pitch - Pitch refers to the relative highness and lowness of voice when speaking.
Pace - When delivering a monologue, pace refers to the speed at which you are saying the words.
Tone - Tone refers to the general mood or feeling.
Body language - Body language is the movements or positions of your body that show other people how you are feeling.
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