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5.RL.5 Test

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which piece of literature is this structural element found in: STANZA

a)

Poetry

b)

Drama

c)

Prose

d)

All the above

2.

Poetry, Drama, Prose where would you find the element of cast of characters?

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

d)

All the above

3.

Which piece of literature can you find chapters in?

a)

Drama

b)

Prose

c)

Poetry

d)

All the above

4.

Which of these are divided by Acts and Scenes?

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Drama

d)

Poetry, Drama, and Prose

5.

What is dialogue?

a)

Conversation between two or more characters

b)

What characters are thinking

c)

What characters are doing

d)

The list of characters in the play

6.

Where would you find setting?

a)

prose

b)

drama

c)

poetry

d)

all of the above

7.

Where do you find verse?

a)

prose

b)

poetry

c)

play

d)

all of the above

8.

Which two are used in prose writing?

a)

Chapters

b)

Lines

c)

Stanzas

d)

Paragraphs

9.

What is a stanza?

a)

The beat of poetry. Syllables, words, and lines that are carefully chosen to create a rhythm that fits the mood of the poem.

b)

A set of lines grouped together to convey an idea.

c)

The message or idea that the author is trying to convey.

d)

When two or more words have a matching end sound.

10.

Choose the structural elements in which poetry is written.

a)

Poems are organized in complete sentences with paragraphs.

b)

Poems are organized in complete sentences with stanzas.

c)

Poems are organized in lines with paragraphs.

d)

Poems are organized in lines with stanzas.

11.

Name two elements of a drama that you DO NOT FIND in poetry OR prose.

a)

Script and Stage Directions

b)

Rhyme and Rhythm

c)

Stage Directions and Dialogue

d)

Rhyme and Script

12.

Groups of lines/verses in a poem are called ______________.

a)

Sentences

b)

Stanzas

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Lines

13.

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

a)

Setting

b)

Cast of Characters

c)

Stage Directions

d)

Lines

14.

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.

a)

sentence

b)

paragraph

c)

verse

d)

script

15.

How many stanzas are in the following poem.


Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place,

Up to my elbows - up to my face,

Over the carpet and under the chairs,

Into the hammock and wound round the stairs,

Filling the bathtub and covering the desk,

Making the sofa a mad mushy mess.


The party is ruined, I'm terrible worried,

The guests have all left (unless they are buried).

I told them, "Bring presents." I said, "Throw confetti."

I guess they heard wrong

'Cause they all threw spaghetti.

-Shel Silverstein

a)

8

b)

2

c)

5

d)

1

16.

How many verses are in the following poem?


Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place,

Up to my elbows - up to my face,

Over the carpet and under the chairs,

Into the hammock and wound round the stairs,

Filling the bathtub and covering the desk,

Making the sofa a mad mushy mess.


The party is ruined, I'm terrible worried,

The guests have all left (unless they are buried).

I told them, "Bring presents." I said, "Throw confetti."

I guess they heard wrong

'Cause they all threw spaghetti.

a)

11

b)

12

c)

6

d)

5

17.

What is an element of a drama?

a)

stanza

b)

cast of characters

c)

verse

d)

paragraphs

18.

What does the setting tell you about in a play, prose, or poem?

a)

where and when it takes place

b)

tells the actors how to act in the play

c)

is a list of characters in a play

d)

paragraphs

19.

What is a piece of writing is written in separate lines called verses which often has a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme?

a)

poem

b)

stanza

c)

drama

d)

prose

20.

Which element will you find in all three forms of literature?

a)

setting

b)

rhyme

c)

paragraphs

d)

chapters

21.

This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as themes, chapters, paragraphs, sentences, characters and settings.

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Drama

22.
What is written so it can be put on as a play?
a)
Poetry
b)
Prose
c)
Drama
23.

In what genre are verses and stanzas found?

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

24.
What is written in sentences?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
25.
What begins with a cast of characters?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
26.
What type of writing is used for chapter books, text books,  and newspaper articles?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
27.

This is an example of: .

Far away from here, following the Jade River, there was once a black mountain that cut into the sky like a jagged piece of rough material. The villagers called it Fruitless Mountain because nothing grew on it and birds and animals did not rest there.

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

28.
This is an example of:
It would be great If I could skate
A figure eight
But my poor legs just won't keep straight
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
29.

A group of lines or verses in a poem is called ____.

a)

prose

b)

dialogue

c)

stanza

d)

poetry

30.
_____ is one line of a poem.
a)
pose
b)
verse
c)
theme
d)
setting
31.

This literary structure is where a story is chronological, and follows main character from beginning to end.

a)

Linear

b)

Non Linear

c)

Circular

d)

Poem

32.

What is the literary structure where the story begins and ends in the same place.

a)

Linear

b)

Non Linear

c)

Circular

d)

Prose

33.

This is the literary structure that doesn't follow a direct path. It may have several stories, flashbacks or memories.

a)

Linear

b)

Non Linear

c)

Circular

d)

Drama