points

Também uma forma de pointplural of point

Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.

Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.

In my concentrated week at Stratford I found that, although as a theatregoer for decades I could not help marking what the old actors called 'points' now and again, […]

The nineteenth century acting technique of making points was encouraged by the dramaturgy of the melodramas which dominated the stage. The style was in fact difficult to avoid in many popular plays.

Também uma forma de pointthird-person singular simple present indicative of point