WHAT SIMILES, METAPHORS, OR PERSONIFICATIONS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE ME?

15 May WHAT SIMILES, METAPHORS, OR PERSONIFICATIONS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE ME?

.What is my attitude toward the choice I make?

5.How do I express this attitude vocally and physically

Overall

1.Why am I included in the play? How do I contribute to the overall idea the playwright wises to express?

2.What similes, metaphors, or personifications are used to describe me?

3.How and why are these figures of speech related to my physical, social, psychological, and moral traits.

4.Why do I make each of my stage entrances? What do I want each time? What am I thinking about at each stage entrance?

5.Where have I been prior to each of my stage entrances? How does this affect my actions verbally and physically? What would I like to see or do when I enter

6. How does the locale of the play make me feel?

7.How does the time of the play make me feel?

8.How does the period of the play affect my actions?

Character Biography

(if additional space is needed use a separate sheet) Taken from the video “Building a Character”

Play Title:

Character Name:

PHYSICAL

Age:

Center of Gravity:

Posture:

Cleanliness:

Dialect:

Hearing:

Eyesight:

I.Q.:

Tempo/Gestures/Movement/Speech

PERSONALITY

Secret:

Religion:

Prejudices:

Curiosity:

Imagination:

Ambition:

Education:

Ability to Reason:

Alertness/Daydreamer:

Self-Image/Ego:

Giving:

Reliability:

Jealousy/Fear/Pride/Inferiority:

Thoughts About Other Characters:

Other Characters’ Thoughts About Him/Her:

ENVIRONMENT

Parents/Status: Siblings/Status:

Other Relatives/Status: Husband/Wife Status:

Residence/Status: Job/Salary/Social Class

Previous Action/Off-Stage Action: Childhood:

Superobjective:

Secondary Objectives:

Obstacles:

Passion(s):

Include a separate outline as always.