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Poetry and Drama Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion

a)

poem

b)

stanza

c)

verse

d)

drama

2.

a group of lines in a poem

a)

speaker

b)

poem

c)

stanza

d)

verse

3.

lines that make up the poem

a)

stanza

b)

script

c)

verse

d)

sentence

4.

the one speaking to the reader.

a)

script

b)

dialogue

c)

speaker

d)

narrator

5.

the beat, sound, and feel of a poem.

a)

rhyme

b)

poem

c)

sound

d)

rhythm

6.

compares two things using "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

7.

compares two things but does not use "like" or "as"

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

8.

a group of words with a meaning that is different from their literal meaning.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

personification

9.

makes a non-human thing seem human

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

10.

exaggerations that are not meant to be taken seriously

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

11.

repeating beginning sounds

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

idiom

d)

simile

12.

sounds like the noise or action; crunch, crash, bang are examples

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

13.

a play; a story that is performed by actors on a stage

a)

dialogue

b)

script

c)

drama

d)

actor

14.

a part of the play in which all the action takes place in the same setting

a)

script

b)

verses

c)

stanza

d)

scenes

15.

text the author says

a)

script

b)

drama

c)

dialogue

d)

cast of characters

16.

a list of all the characters in a play, usually in order of appearance

a)

drama

b)

poetry

c)

cast of characters

d)

script

17.

tells the actor what to do

a)

cast of characters

b)

stage directions

c)

drama

d)

script

18.

the written text of a drama, which is used by all people putting the drama on stage

a)

drama

b)

cast of characters

c)

script

d)

poetry