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Theme is Drama, Poetry and Prose

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is drama?
a)
A book
b)
A television show
c)
A story being acted out for an audience
d)
A direction on stage.
2.
This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as themes, chapters, characters and settings. 
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
3.
What type of writing is written in lines?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
4.
What is often divided into chapters?
a)
Poetry
b)
Drama
c)
Prose
5.
What begins with a cast of characters?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
6.

What uses rhythm & rhyme?

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Drama

7.
What type of writing is used for chapter books, text books,  and newspaper articles?
a)
Prose
b)
Poetry
c)
Drama
8.
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
9.
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
10.
A group of lines in a poem is called ____. 
a)
prose
b)
couplet
c)
stanza 
d)
metaphor
11.
The "beat" of the poem  is called the  
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme 
c)
stanza 
d)
alliteration 
12.
A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 
a)
hyperbole 
b)
metaphor 
c)
alliteration 
d)
simile 
13.
The words spoken by the characters in a drama are what?
a)
quotations
b)
dialogue
c)
descriptions
d)
noodles
14.
The group of people that act as the characters in a drama.
a)
cast
b)
description
c)
dialogue
d)
character
15.

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.

16.

Why might an author choose poetry rather than prose?

a)

the author wants the reader to act and say the lines

b)

the author wants to use detailed words in paragraphs to describe objects

c)

the author uses fewer words, that may include sound, to express their ideas, which can be read aloud and made into a song

d)

the author wants to describe in detail with many words their story, which can only be read out loud

17.

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

18.
What does the following simile really mean: I am as hungry as a bear! 
a)
The speaker has been eating all day. 
b)
The speaker doesn't have to eat any time soon. 
c)
The speaker is incredibly hungry.
d)
The bear has eaten the speaker.
19.
The writer use the following metaphor to convey what message? The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.
a)
It conveys that stars are expensive.
b)
To show the reader that the stars are not out tonight.
c)
To explain that the stars were bright and sparkling.
d)
To convey that the setting is in the country away from city lights.
20.

In the following poem, which words rhyme?


Ridiculous Rose


Her mama said, "Don't eat with your fingers."

"Ok," said Ridiculous Rose,

So she ate with her toes!

a)

fingers and toes

b)

ate and Rose

c)

fingers and Rose

d)

Rose and toes

21.

Which of the statements below BEST describes why the script provided this stage direction in line 3?


1 Narrator: Pecos Bill was the smartest, toughest cowboy who ever lived. This is the story of Pecos and the great tornado.

2 Pecos Bill: (hollering loudly) This ain't nothing! I can take care of that little old storm!

3 The townspeople: (Looking frightened) Let's hide! Pecos come with us!

4. Pecos: Go on! I will get rid of this pest! (He gets his 25 foot long rattlesnake and throws it around the tornado. It lifts him up in the air.)

a)

to let the audience know that Pecos is brave

b)

to let the audience know what is happening as Pecos gets rid of the tornado

c)

to let the audience know the townspeople are scared of the tornado

d)

to let the audience know that the tornado is coming and the townspeople are cheering

22.

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