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What do you get the most marks for when answering the performance question?
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Explaining why the actors would perform their lines in the way you say, showing you understand the implications of the lines.
Explaining the effect this type of performance will have on the audience.
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What does TEABAG stand for?
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Tone of voice
Expression
Action
Body language
Attitude
Gesture
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How long should you spend talking about TEABAG?
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Definition
| No more than one sentence for each quotation. This does not get you many marks. |
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How much of the mini extract must you cover in your performance answer?
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What do you start the performance answer with?
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Definition
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Do you need to write the whole quotation down?
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Definition
Not necessarily
Example
‘Jesu what haste? Can you stay awhile?
Do you not see that I am out of breath’
You could just say. In the 2 lines starting with ‘Jesu what haste?...’
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What do you talk about once you have written the quotation?
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Definition
You use TEABAG to say how it will be performed.
Example
I would have the nurse exaggerating the fact that she is out of breath by having her gasp for air and maybe clutching her chest and collapsing into a chair.
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Term
What do you do when you have used TEABAG to explain how the lines should be performed?
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Definition
You explain why the lines should be performed this way, showing that you understand the language.
EXAMPLE.
Because the nurse should be seen to be clearly overacting and exaggerating her pain at this point as she is being mischievous, holding back information about what Romeo has said . She clutches her chest to show how pained she is, but may wink at the audience to show them that she is only pretending.
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What do you do once you have explained why the line should be performed this way?
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Definition
You then explain what effect this will have on the audience and maybe the other characters on stage.
The exaggeration and wink of the eye will let the audience understand that the nurse is being mischievous and having a joke with Juliet. It may well make them laugh and join in with her joke. They may find it funny that Juliet cannot see this. Juliet will not notice the nurses humour as she is still too caught up with trying to find out her answer as quickly as possible.
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