*Summit Practice: Structures in Poetry and Drama 7

Which of the following choices is NOT a type of poem/poetry?

• Novella

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Haiku

Which of the following does NOT describe how stanzas help readers?

• Stanzas help readers focus on specific topics or themes in a poem.

• Stanzas group specific lines together in poems like "paragraphs" group lines together in other writing types.

• Stanzas break down parts of the poem so readers do not get overwhelmed.

• Stanzas ALWAYS need to be indented at the beginning of the first line to aid readers in understanding.

Which of the following poetry forms/types is MOST commonly used for humor?

• Limerick (i.e. a funny, 5-line poem)

• Ode (i.e. a short, thoughtful poem)

• Sonnet (i.e. a 14-line, song-like poem)

• Epic (i.e. a long, story-telling poem)

In what situation would someone MOST LIKELY decide to write POETRY instead of another kind of fiction?

• When a writer has a very interesting story to share

• When a writer wants to use similes or metaphors in the work

• When a writer hopes to perform a work publicly for others

• When a writer wants to describe and share certain strong or specific emotions/feelings

Which of the following BEST describes how acts and scenes contribute to the structure of a play?

• Plays never have people act and make a scene in front of others.

• Scenes split up the bigger parts in plays, and acts split up smaller parts in plays.

• Acts divide up major parts in plays, and scenes divide up acts into smaller parts in plays.

• Plays always keep switching between short scenes and long acts.

What word describes a type of play in which the main character suffers a terrible downfall (major loss)?

• comedy

• tragedy

• soliloquy (i.e. a long speech within a play to the self)

• drama

Based on this excerpt from Shakespeare's Hamlet, which of the following BEST names the dramatic form shown?

Hamlet: To be, or not to be—that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer...

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles...

To die—to sleep.

To sleep...For in that sleep of death what dreams may come...

• a scene (i.e. part of an act in a play)

• a comedy (i.e. a funny play)

• a couplet (i.e. 2 connected lines in a poem)

• a soliloquy (i.e. a long, serious speech to the self usually about life and death)

In a play, what is the closest thing to a [book] "chapter"?

• an act

• a soliloquy

• a narrator

• a scene

What are the MAJOR DIFFERENCES between a tragedy and comedy?

• A tragedy usually deals with serious subjects in a funny way, while a comedy usually deals with funny topics in a serious way.

• While a comedy usually deals with serious subjects and has an unhappy ending, a tragedy usually seeks to be funny and has a happy ending.

• While a tragedy usually deals with serious subjects and has a sad ending, a comedy usually seeks to be funny and has a happy ending.

• A tragedy never has an unhappy ending, while a comedy never has a happy ending.

A comedy is a type of dramatic play that usually...

• ends with things working out well for the main character.

• tries to make the reader laugh on every single page.

• depicts (i.e. shows) a hero going on an short journey.

• ends with the main character dying.