Poetry and Drama

Poetry and Drama Review

Unit 2B

Multiple Select

Check all elements of drama:

• Alliteration

• Dialogue

• Stage Directions

• Rhyme Scheme

• Acts/Scenes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of dialogue in drama:

• George sighed, "I'm so tired!"

• GEORGE. [sighing] I'm so tired!

• I'm so tired, said George

• George said he was tired.

Multiple Choice

Which number indicates Stage Directions?

Multiple Choice

Which number indicates Dialogue?

Multiple Choice

Which number indicates a character?

Multiple Choice

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.

What does this metaphor mean?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.

• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.

• The baby never smiled.

• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.

Multiple Choice

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor:

My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

Multiple Choice

It's a million degrees outside.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Multiple Choice

The car is a dinosaur, so we better buy a new one.

What is the meaning of the metaphor highlighted green?

• The car is very old.

• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

• The car makes rude noises.

Multiple Choice

Poetry uses rhythm, repetition, meter, and rhyme that affect our sense of ___________.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

Multiple Choice

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!

• Pow!

• Blast!

• Fly

Multiple Choice

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Multiple Choice

When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are,

anything you heart desires will come to you

• BAC

• AAA

• ABA

• AAB

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

• AABB

• ABAB

• ABCB

Multiple Choice

What is the most logical line to complete the poem?

Mary had a little poodle

All day long she ate a __________

• noodle

• lamb

• no clue

• llama

Multiple Choice

In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he would die of thirst. Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.

What is the theme?

• be persistent

• be honest

• always share with others

• respect your family

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of this story?

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• Don't steal.

• Respect your elders.

• Slow and steady wins the race.

Multiple Choice

A novel can have more than one theme.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.

• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.

• How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

• Life is short; make the most of it.

Multiple Choice

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA.

• Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.

• Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.