Grade 4 ELA Practice Test: Elements of Poems, Plays and Prose
- Elements of Poems, Plays and Prose
- 10 questions
- 15 minutes
This test checks that you can tell poems, plays and prose apart and name their parts. Tip: words in parentheses in a play are usually stage directions, not lines to read aloud.
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Question 1
Which feature is found in a play but usually NOT in a story?
Correct answer: C
Stage directions tell actors how to move or speak, so they belong to plays. Stories also have characters, settings and problems.
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Question 2
At the beginning of a play, you see a list called the cast of characters. What does this list tell you?
Correct answer: A
A cast of characters names everyone who has a part in the play. The setting is usually described separately.
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Question 3
In a poem, what is a group of lines set apart from the other lines called?
Correct answer: B
Poems are divided into stanzas. Paragraphs belong to prose, and scenes belong to plays.
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Question 4
The wind runs down the hill at night,
It rattles every door,
It whistles past the candlelight,
And sweeps across the floor.Which word in the poem rhymes with door?
Correct answer: D
Door and floor end with the same sound. Night rhymes with candlelight, not with door.
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Question 5
When you read a poem aloud, you can hear a regular beat, like da-DUM, da-DUM. What is this beat called?
Correct answer: C
Rhythm is the pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem. A poem can have rhythm even if it has no plot.
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Question 6
MAX: (whispering) Did you hear that?
JUNE: (pointing at the closet) It came from in there!What do the words in parentheses tell the actors?
Correct answer: A
Stage directions such as whispering and pointing tell actors how to say their lines and how to move. Actors do not read them aloud.
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Question 7
Writing that is made of sentences and paragraphs, like a story or a newspaper article, is called what?
Correct answer: B
Prose is ordinary writing in sentences and paragraphs. Verse is writing in lines, like most poems.
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Question 8
A play is often divided into acts. Each act can be divided into smaller parts called what?
Correct answer: D
Acts are split into scenes, and a new scene often means a new time or place. Stanzas and verses belong to poems.
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Question 9
In a play script, how does the reader know what each character says?
Correct answer: B
Play scripts put the speaker's name first, then the words that character says. That spoken part is called dialogue.
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Question 10
Which feature would you most likely find in a poem?
Correct answer: C
Poets choose where each line breaks, so lines often stop before the edge of the page. Character lists and stage directions are parts of plays.
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