Unit 2B Poetry/Drama Vocab Test

T or F

POETRY is a literary work that focuses on expressing feelings and has a particular style that includes rhythm.

• True

• False

T or F

ASIDE refers to words spoken by an onstage actor that only the audience is meant to hear.

• True

• False

T or F

STAGE DIRECTIONS are how a person sounds when they are speaking.

• True

• False

T or F

SOLILOQUY is when a character gives a speech alone on stage

• True

• False

T or F

CHARACTER FOIL refers to the rules that actors or directors follow in a play.

• True

• False

T or F

DIALOGUE refers to the words spoken between characters in a story/play.

• True

• False

T or F

METER is when a character is exaggerated or criticized in a humorous way.

• True

• False

T or F

IRONY is when the meaning contradicts the literal meaning.

• True

• False

Which word means to study rhythm or meter in poetry?

• metrics

• semantics

• verse

• graphics

Which word means that a situation is not really what it is made out to be?

• situational irony

• drama

• dramatic irony

• poetry