Oral Interpretation
Goals:
Recite a poem or monologue of your own choosing in front of the class
Demonstrate masterful use of vocal variety to communicate the theme and tone of the poem.
Your performance must be at least 1 minute in length
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Oral Interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive. In certain applications, oral interpretation is also a theatre art - as in reader's theatre, in which a work of literature is performed with manuscripts in hand or, more traditionally, using stools and music stands; and especially chamber theatre, which dispenses with manuscripts and uses what may be described as essentialist costuming and stage lighting, and suggestive scenery.