Voice and Diction Crossword

Voice is produced by the air passing over the vocal _____________.
Proper ____________ sounds are the key to a powerful and beautiful voice.
A tense or tight _________ will cause hoarseness when you try to project your voice in practice or performance.
Breathing air into the lungs.
Breathing air out of the lungs.
You should inhale through the ___________, since this allows a rapid intake of breath.
The individual sound of a particular voice.
The vibrant tone produced when sound waves strike the chambers of the throat, head, nose, and mouth.
The vocal quality produced when vowel sounds are diverted from the oral cavity into the nasal cavities.
Relative highness or lowness of the voice.
Variety in pitch. This makes the voice musical and interesting.
A flaw in speech that occurs when someone speaks continuously at one level.
The relative strength, force, and intensity with which sound is made.
Sudden, sharp breath pressure. Used in commands, shouts, loud laughter, and screams.
Breath is held steadily and released gradually. Necessary for reading long passages without loss of breath.
The speed at which words are spoken.
The selection and pronunciation of words and their combination in speech.
When there is NO vibration of the vocal folds.
When there IS vibration of the vocal folds.
An accepted standard of the sound and stress pattern of a syllable, word, phrase, etc.
The strongest words in the language; these words should always be stressed.
These words are "vividly descriptive."