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Poetry, Drama and Prose

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the type of writing: Drama

a)

rumors someone starts about someone else

b)

a movie that is sad or dramatic

c)

a story being acted out for an audience

2.

What is the writing style: Prose?

a)

written in paragraph form and does not rhyme

b)

a rhyming story with stanzas

c)

a script that people can act out

d)

a song

3.

What is the writing type: Poetry

a)

Paragraph form writing with no rhyming

b)

Artistic writing with imagery, rhythm, stanzas, and sometimes rhyme.

c)

play for theater, radio or television

d)

A book or newspaper article

4.

What is a script?

a)

the words that characters say in a play

b)

a style of handwriting

c)

the first half of a play

d)

the items that characters use in a play

5.

True or False: a Narrative is a type of poetry

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is an example of Prose writing

a)

the song "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"

b)

the book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"

c)

the poem "Dear Basketball"

d)

the play "James and the Giant Peach"

7.

Verses and stanzas are found?

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

8.

What is an intermission for?

a)

To break up lines in a poem

b)

To give the audience a break during a play to stretch and get snacks.

c)

a type of genre for a book

d)

The first line that a character speaks in a play.

9.

What is the name of a group of lines in Poetry?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Line group

c)

Stanza

10.

What is a prop in a play?

a)

a secret that the actors don't tell the director

b)

the words that characters say in a play

c)

a stand to hold something

d)

The items that characters use in a play

11.

Which of these is NOT an example of Prose?

a)

newspaper article

b)

a song

c)

a book

d)

a short story

12.

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

13.

What is an example of dialogue?

a)

John: "Hey, how are you?"

Kevin: "I am good! Wanna come eat pizza and play video games?"

John: "YES!!"

b)

And then John went over to Kevin's house to eat some pizza and play video games.

c)

Kevin asked John to play a video game

John immediately said yes

Then Kevin added that bringing pizza would be flame

And John thought that would be the best!

14.

In poetry, what is the name of one line in the poem?

a)

a line

b)

a stanza

c)

a phrase

d)

a verse

15.
This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as themes, chapters, characters and settings. 
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
16.
What is written so it can be put on as a play?
a)
Poetry
b)
Prose
c)
Drama
17.

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like"

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

18.
The group of people that act as the characters in a drama.
a)
cast
b)
description
c)
dialogue
d)
character
19.

Which piece of literature can you find dialogue in?

a)

Poetry

b)

Drama and Poetry

c)

Prose and Drama

d)

Drama

20.

Where would you find setting?

a)

prose

b)

drama

c)

poetry

d)

all of the above