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Rocketing along the actor's seminar section.

Picking up speed as I switch from working through exercise by exercise in Chapter 5 to Rodenburg shifting to acting coach, going with the line that anyone speaking outloud is an actor. A bit thin, but gives her a chance to dive back into her man, Shakespeare. An avalanche of terms and techniques, some familar from chapter five, as if this is from a separate class... :)

End of chapter five!!

The Discovery Exercise or 'Of Course'
The Range Exercise

Antithesis - in opposition but balanced, good for constructing an argument, as well to be aware of as you are reading it out.

Drawing on Images - pictures in words!

More exercises:
Exercises for the Iambic - I suppose getting a feel for rhythm of speak, even if I'm not going to be reciting a lot of verse...

Repetition (as a technique of rhetoric) - which I suppose the whole book is...

Wit, Puns and Wordplay - hard to teach and Shakespeare is only funny when the pros really goose it, which might also be what Rodenburg is getting at.

Exercises:
Sound Story
Seven Word Story
Everyday Object
Epic Storytelling
Debating
Elaborated Codes
Restricted Codes
Imagery
Length of Thought
Stressing Game
Repressive & Offensive Language
Preparing Your Own Speeches
Structuring a Speech
Sounding words

Some of the exercises so far in this very full chapter. Doing one a week.

Going through this one exercise a week, which is why I am sooo slow. But really trying to get the most out of the this book. Experience it all. Work each exercise! Part Two: Chapter 5 is the mother-load, skip to here if you are frustrated with the rest, especially Part One!

Chapter 5 of part 2 is where ALL the meat of this book is. The core that all the old person grousing was whipped up to fill up the rest to book size.