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Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the exposition in a prose?

• The purpose of the exposition in a prose is to summarize the entire plot.

• The purpose of the exposition in a prose is to provide background information, introduce the characters and setting, and establish the main conflict or problem.

• The purpose of the exposition in a prose is to introduce the resolution of the conflict.

• The purpose of the exposition in a prose is to provide detailed descriptions of the characters and setting.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the stanza in a poetry?

• The purpose of the stanza in a poetry is to confuse the reader.

• The purpose of the stanza in a poetry is to disrupt the flow of the poem.

• The purpose of the stanza in a poetry is to organize and structure the poem.

• The purpose of the stanza in a poetry is to add unnecessary complexity to the poem.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the stage directions in a drama?

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to confuse the actors and make the production more challenging.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to entertain the audience with elaborate and unnecessary movements.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to provide instructions to the actors and production team regarding the movement, actions, and expressions of the characters, as well as the placement of props and set design.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to provide the audience with background information about the characters and setting.

Multiple Choice

Which part of a prose, poetry, or drama helps to create a specific mood or atmosphere?

• tone

• setting

• character

• plot

Match

Match each word to the word that rhymes with it.

• Glare

• Night

• Man

• Boat

• Hop

Stare

Kite

Ran

Coat

Pop

• Stare

• Kite

• Ran

• Coat

• Pop

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest difference between poetry and prose?

• Poetry rhymes all the time.

• Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

• Poetry does not have rules.

• Poetry tells a story.

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 5

• 16

• 3

• 4

Match

Match the following terms to their definitions

• poetry that does not rhyme or have a rhythm

• words that sound the same but have different meanings

• a pattern or a beat

• poetry that tells a story

• ordinary writing

free verse

homophones

rhythm

narrative poetry

prose

• free verse

• homophones

• rhythm

• narrative poetry

• prose

Multiple Choice

The following is an example of which structural element of drama?

Narrator 1

Narrator 2

Big Bad Wolf

First Little Pig

Second Little Pig

Third Little Pig

• Setting

• Cast of Characters

• Stage Directions

• Lines

Multiple Choice

Read the following scene from the play, "The Necklace." In this scene, the dialogue between Mathilde and her husband is important because ____________________.

Narrator: One day, Mathilde's husband came home with a broad smile and a large envelope in his hand.

Husband: "Look! Here's something for you, dear."

(Mathilde eagerly tears open the envelope and reads it.)

Husband: "What do you think? Is it marvelous?"

Mathilde: "What's the use of this invitation to me? Without anything to wear, I can't go to the party! ...Pass the invitation on to someone whose wife is better dressed than I am!"

• Shows how unhappy both of them are and how little money they had to afford clothing to a fancy party.

• Mathilde's husband's happiness over being invited to the party in contrast to his wife's selfishness about her clothes.

• Both Mathilde's and her husband's excitement over getting invited to the party.

• None of the Above

Multiple Choice

Read the following lines from the prose, "A Friend Comes to Town." This prose is divided into 1 _________________.

"You're coming? You're actually coming?" Lucy exclaimed with a huge grin on her face as she read a handwritten letter that had just arrived in the mail. The thought of her best friend Jay coming to spend the weekend at her house was almost more than she could handle.

• sentence

• paragraph

• verse

• script

Multiple Choice

In the following poem, which words rhyme?

Ridiculous Rose

Her mama said, "Don't eat with your fingers."

"Ok," said Ridiculous Rose,

So she ate with her toes!

• fingers and toes

• ate and Rose

• fingers and Rose

• Rose and toes

Multiple Choice

DIRECTIONS: This is a short pre-assessment to see what general knowledge you have about poetry. You will not be graded on this, so there is no need to look up answers. It would be better if you selected "I don't know" rather than guess if you truly don't know.

• Got it

• Do not click

Multiple Choice

The formal name for literature (writing) that is not poetry is ________.

• Prose

• Novels

• Plays/drama

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A single line of a poem is called _______.

• cinquain

• linear

• verse

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph is referred to as a __________.

• refrain

• I don't know.

• verse

• stanza

Multiple Choice

Phrases or lines of poetry that are repeated within the poem are called _______.

• refrain

• scheme

• I don't know.

• verse

Multiple Choice

___________ is the pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem, written as letters, like ABAB CDCD.

• I don't know.

• slant rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• consonance

Multiple Choice

A poetic device where a writer uses the same vowel sounds among words is called ______.

• assonance

• I don't know

• rhyme scheme

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

__________ is the name given to the repetition of the same consonant sounds among words.

• partial rhyme

• consonance

• assonance

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A poem that is meant to be sung is called a _______ poem.

• lyric

• ballad

• haiku

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A poem written in response to a death of a person or group; a poem of mourning is known as a ______ poem.

• elegy
• I don't know.
• ode
• narrative

Multiple Choice

A poem that celebrates a subject and is a tribute to an object, a person, or an event.

• ode
• narrative
• limerick
• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

Poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure is called _______.

• free verse

• I don't know

• freedom poets

• couplet

Multiple Choice

A poem that tells a story and has characters, a setting, and a plot is called a _______ poem.

• narrative

• haiku

• lyric

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A poem that is meant to be sung and usually tells a sad story; must have refrains.

• ballad

• free verse

• sonnet

• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A poem that contains 14 lines (10 syllables per line) and is written in iambic pentameter.

• sonnet
• limerick
• elegy
• I don't know.

Multiple Choice

A very short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan and is usually about nature.

• haiku
• I don't know
• limerick
• narrative

Multiple Choice

A poem containing 5 lines that is meant to tell a funny story. Its rhyme scheme is AABBA.

• cinquain
• haiku
• limerick
• I don't know.

Poetry vs. Prose

Understanding a poem's structure

Open Ended

In your own words, explain the difference between poetry and prose.

Read both columns.

Use what you have

read to answer the

questions that

follow.

Multiple Choice

Structure is...

• Ideas or qualities that can't be touched

• The words or phrases that surround a text

• The way a writer organizes information in a text

• The underlying meaning

Multiple Select

What structure does prose use?

• lines

• sentences

• stanzas

• paragraphs

Multiple Select

What structure does poetry use?

• stanzas

• sentences

• paragraphs

• lines

Multiple Choice

A stanza is...

• the title of the poem

• the subject of the poem

• the grouping of lines in a poem

• the number of lines in the poem

Multiple Choice

The term for where one line ends and a new line begins is

• meter end

• end scene

• line break

• the end of time

Multiple Choice

Leaving white space between words, lines or stanzas

• spacing

• rhythm

• emphasis

Multiple Select

What did you notice about the poem's structure?

• it uses lines

• it is broken into stanzas

• it uses spacing

• it has no capitalization

Multiple Choice

One way to analyze a poem's structure is to look at

• line breaks, stanzas and spacing

• the poet

• the dialogue

• the theme, tone and mood

Open Ended

In your own words, complete the following sentence. Be sure to give three reasons. Poems are different from prose because...

Multiple Choice

The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

He was a bear on the day I had to wake him up early. What are the words in blue an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Comparing things using like or as is called a...

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Most of the writing in the world is...

• prose

• poetry

Multiple Choice

Prose is written in...

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

Multiple Choice

Poetry is written in...

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

Multiple Choice

There is another sky,

Ever serene and fair,

And there is another sunshine,

Though it be darkness there;

Never mind faded forests, Austin,

Never mind silent fields—

Here is a little forest,

Whose leaf is ever green;

Here is a brighter garden,

Where not a frost has been;

In its unfading flowers

I hear the bright bee hum:

Prithee, my brother,

Into my garden come!

• This is an example of poetry.

• This is an example of prose.

Multiple Choice

Iceland’s Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Kristjan Thor Juliusson announced the government’s decision to allow whalers to harpoon a maximum of 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales every year until 2023.

The government said the decision was based on recommendations from the country’s Marine Research Institute.

• This is an example of prose.

• This is an example of poetry.

Multiple Choice

Articles, stories, and books are examples of...

• prose

• poetry

Multiple Choice

Which genre is more artistic, has more emotion, and usually has elements of rhyme, rhythm and/or repetition?

• prose

• poetry