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Structure: chapters, stanzas, scenes — Homework
Look at your current novel and a poem, any short poem you can find, to compare structure.
- 1.How many chapters have you read in your novel so far? Does the author tend to end them on a cliffhanger or a calm point?
- 2.Find a poem with at least two stanzas. What changes between the first stanza and the second?
- 3.Fill in the blank: a novel is divided into ___, a poem is divided into ___, a play is divided into ___.
- 4.If you were writing a story about a big surprise party, would you use one long chapter or several short ones to build up to the surprise? Explain your choice.
- 5.Why do authors chunk text into chapters or stanzas instead of writing one giant block?
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