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Drama and Poetry Review

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A play that ends happily and with humor.

a)

melodrama

b)

comedy

c)

tragedy

d)

play

2.

a play that doesn't have a happy ending; ends in the death of at least one main character

a)

comedy

b)

melodrama

c)

tragedy

3.

written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out

a)

drama

b)

scene

c)

act

d)

props

4.

an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production

a)

stage

b)

scene

c)

props

d)

crew

5.

place/places or the time where the story takes place, different from the place of the performance

a)

setting

b)

scene

c)

set

6.

The people who act out the scenes of the characters in the play

a)

cast

b)

actors

c)

crew

d)

audience

7.

an art concerned almost exclusively with live performances in which the action is primarily planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama

a)

drama

b)

theatre

c)

script

d)

play

8.

group of scenes that form an important part of the story; a way to divide an opera, play, or other drama

a)

script

b)

act

c)

scene

d)

play

9.

deck; designated space for the performance of productions

a)

set

b)

theatre

c)

stage

d)

props

10.

subdivision of the play; presenting continuous action in one place

a)

act

b)

scene

c)

dialogue

d)

setting

11.

scenery and props designed and arranged for a particular scene of a play

a)

stage directions

b)

setting

c)

set

d)

audience

12.

an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating actions, movements of performers, or production requirements

a)

stage directions

b)

dialogue

c)

scene

d)

act

13.

exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work

a)

script

b)

drama

c)

dialogue

d)

audience

14.

moving from the present to an event that has happened earlier

a)

flash forward

b)

foreshadow

c)

flashback

15.

hero

a)

The main character or one of the main characters in a story; the character is trying to reach some goal or destination

b)

A person who actively opposes the protagonist

c)

character, who in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength

16.

dialogue

a)

talking that takes place between two or more characters onstage. All or some of the characters can hear one another; Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets

b)

a longer speech given by one character where no others on stage can hear what is said

c)

a longer speech given by one character and no others on stage can hear what is said. Reveals the inner thoughts or motives of one character

d)

a shorter comment given by one character. No others on stage can hear what is said.

Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets

17.

monologue

a)

talking that takes place between two or more characters onstage. All or some of the characters can hear one another; Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets

b)

a longer speech given by one character where no others on stage can hear what is said

c)

a longer speech given by one character and no others on stage can hear what is said. Reveals the inner thoughts or motives of one character

d)

a shorter comment given by one character. No others on stage can hear what is said.

Usually comments on the actions of the play or reveals judgments or hidden secrets

18.

stanza

a)

Small section of a poem made up of one or more lines

b)

Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

c)

Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

d)

Where the line of poetry ends

19.

repetition

a)

Small section of a poem made up of one or more lines

b)

Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

c)

Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

d)

Where the line of poetry ends

20.

rhyme

a)

Small section of a poem made up of one or more lines

b)

Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

c)

Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

d)

Where the line of poetry ends

21.

form

a)

poet, speaker, poitn of view, tone

b)

sound, imagery, figurative language

c)

patterns at the end of the lines of a poem

d)

arrangement or structure

22.

the central message or lesson you should learn after reading the text

a)

voice

b)

theme

c)

plot

d)

setting

23.

can be complete or incomplete; alternative to a sentence

a)

paragraph

b)

stanza

c)

line

d)

fragment

24.

the feeling of a reader when reading a text

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

setting

d)

theme

25.

What is a chapter or large section of a drama that follows the plot diagram?

a)

act

b)

cast

c)

prop

d)

scene

26.

Which type of figurative language repeats the same starting sound?

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

27.

Which type of figurative language is a comparison between two different things by saying one thing IS something else, not using like or as?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

28.

Which type of figurative language is a sound word?

a)

idiom

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

29.

Which type of figurative language is an expression commonly used but doesn't mean what the words are stating?

a)

idiom

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

30.

Which type of figurative language means to create a mental picture that appeals to the reader's senses?

a)

imagery

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

idiom

d)

personification

31.

Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-living things?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

32.

Which type of figurative language is a comparison between two different things using the words like or as?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

33.

Which type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

34.

What is the list of characters in a play performing on a stage?

a)

act

b)

cast

c)

prop

d)

scene

35.

What is a fictional story told and performed in front of a live audience?

a)

poem

b)

drama

c)

stage directions

d)

dialogue

36.

There is a new setting every time there is a new _______.

a)

act

b)

plot

c)

scene

d)

conflict

37.

What are lines spoken between the characters?

a)

dialogue

b)

prop

c)

speaker

d)

narrator

38.

What are the words each cast member says in a play?

a)

lines

b)

prop

c)

speaker

d)

narrator

39.

What are the objects actors hold and use to bring a play to life?

a)

lines

b)

props

c)

speaker

d)

narrator

40.

What shows a change in setting and breaks the play into smaller sections?

a)

scene

b)

dialogue

c)

speaker

d)

narrator

41.

What are the written instructions for the actors that tell them to have certain emotions?

a)

stage directions

b)

dialogue

c)

props

d)

narrator

42.

What is a single row of words in a poem?

a)

line

b)

stanza

c)

poet

d)

speaker

43.

What is when the end of two words sound the same?

a)

alliteration

b)

rhyme

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

44.

Who gives inside details, background information, and sets the story up for the audience but not a character in the story?

a)

narrator

b)

poet

c)

speaker

d)

playwright

45.

Who is the person that wrote a poem?

a)

narrator

b)

poet

c)

speaker

d)

playwright

46.

Who is the person that wrote a drama?

a)

narrator

b)

poet

c)

speaker

d)

playwright

47.

Who is the person that is speaking in or narrating a poem?

a)

author

b)

poet

c)

speaker

d)

playwright

48.

What is a group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph?

a)

line

b)

stanza

c)

poet

d)

speaker

49.

An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

onomatopoeia

50.

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

a)

hyperbole

b)

symbole

c)

mood

d)

personification

51.

An exaggeration for dramatic effect.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

allusion

d)

hyperbole

52.
_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Personification 
53.

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to

animals, plants, objects and ideas. 

Example: "The moon followed me through the night."

a)
Poetry 
b)
Simile 
c)
Personification 
54.

"Mrs. Woodrome whistles while she works well"

This is figure of speech is _____ 

a)
Rhyme 
b)
Alphabet 
c)
Alliteration 
55.

"I am so hungry I could eat a cow." 

This figure of speech is _____.

a)
Hyperbole 
b)
Simile 
c)
Rhyme 
56.
Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it..
Example: Crash! 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Metaphor 
57.

What do you think is the meaning of this metaphor:

"She is a walking dictionary"  

a)
Was is tired 
b)
She knows a lot of words
c)
She was walks around the street 
58.

"When I was at Six Flags, I waited in line for years."

What figurative speech is this? 

a)
Metaphor 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
59.
What figurative language is the sentence below?
She is as pretty as a flower. 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor 
c)
Alliteration 
60.

A funny exaggeration is called a/an

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

61.

When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

62.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

63.

A comparison using like or as

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

64.

Words that resemble the sound they describe

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

65.

A comparison of two things without using like or as

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

66.

The fly buzzed past us

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

personification

67.

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes

a)

red-herring

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

personification

68.

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

69.

"Charming children chat in the corner."

This is ___________.

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

70.

"We had to wait forever!"

This is what type of figure of speech?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

71.

What is rhythm?

a)

to use words to tell about something

b)

a pattern of the beats, like music

72.

What is a stanza?

a)

lines of a poem that go together

b)

a noun that names a particular person, place or thing, and uses a capital letter

73.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
74.

Poets use ________, _________ and ______ to paint word pictures.

a)

words, sounds and imagery

b)

love, peace and soul

c)

emotions, rhymes and puns

d)

this, that and the other

75.

Poetry is a collection of words divided into:

__________ and _________

a)

lines and stanzas

b)

common and uncommon

c)

Epic and Narrative

d)

feelings and emotions

76.

Poetry expresses ...

a)

adventure and journey

b)

feelings and emotions

c)

humor and pun

d)

entertainment and drama

77.

What makes Ballad Poems and Epic Poems the same?

a)

both are 500 pages long

b)

both are Lyric Poems

c)

both tell a story, have action and are dramatic

d)

both are short

78.

How many lines does a Limerick Poem have?

a)

nine

b)

four

c)

seven

d)

five

79.

Which line of a Limerick Poem does the "punch line" happen?

a)

last line

b)

first line

c)

middle line

d)

fourth line

80.

Free Verse Poems do not follow the poetry rules

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

81.

Haiku Poems consist of how many lines

a)

three

b)

five

c)

seven

d)

two

82.

What type of POEM expresses sorrow or mourning?

a)

EPIC

b)

ELEGY

c)

LYRIC

d)

FREE VERSE

83.

What are two types of Lyric Poems?

a)

Free Verse and Narrative

b)

Sonnet and Ode

c)

Epic and Haiku

d)

Limerick and Elegy

84.

Ballad Poems _________ and can be _________

a)

rhyme

and

sung

b)

do not rhyme

and

recited

c)

have rhythm

and

danced

d)

are common

and

mimed

85.

Lyric Poems are intended to be set to ...

a)

rhythm

b)

television

c)

dance

d)

music

86.

The third and last line of a Haiku has how many syllables?

a)

six

b)

seven

c)

five

d)

three

87.

Narrative Poems do what?

a)

Tell a story

b)

Give direction

c)

Answer a question

d)

Tell a joke

88.

What type of poem has a simple rhyme scheme, regular rhythm,

action, dialogue and can be sung?

a)

LYRIC

b)

LIMERICK

c)

BALLAD

d)

NARRATIVE

89.

What type of poem is really, really long, and has

journeys and battle scenes?

a)

EPIC

b)

BALLAD

c)

NARRATIVE

d)

Ode

90.

Poems that do NOT use a fixed pattern and do NOT

follow specific rules about rhythm are called:

a)

Ode Poems

b)

Lyric Poems

c)

Free Verse Poems

d)

Haiku Poems

91.

Poetry does not use humor and puns to entertain readers

a)

True

b)

False

92.

What communicates experiences, emotions ideas and thoughts using

rhyme and rhythm?

a)

Narratives

b)

Poetry

c)

Ballads

d)

Elegy

93.

What type of poem tells the story of a hero

or legendary person?

a)

Epic Poem

b)

Ode Poem

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Ballad Poem

94.

What type of Lyric Poem celebrates a person, important

event or idea?

a)

An Ode

b)

A Ballad

c)

A Haiku

d)

An Elegy

95.

Poetry expresses ...

a)

adventure and journey

b)

feelings and emotions

c)

humor and pun

d)

entertainment and drama

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