Poetry
Prose
Drama
Which Type of Literature?
Context Clues
100

Another name for words together in a poem



What is a line?

100
People or animals in the story



What are characters?
100
Tells you who appears in the play



What is the cast of characters?
100
This type of literature has stanzas
What is poetry?
100

Please be careful with that vase.  It is quite fragile.


What does fragile mean?

A.  easily broken

B.  beautiful

C.  useful 

What is easily broken?

200
A group of lines in a poem



What is a stanza?
200
The lesson or message the author is trying to tell you in the story



What is theme?
200
Actors learn their parts by reading from a



What is a script?
200
This type of literature has a cast of characters
What is a play?
200

As Jake struggled to solve the problems on the test, it became apparent that he had not spent enough time studying.


The word apparent means:

A.  sad

B.  clear

C.  mysterious

What is clear?

300
The repeating of words or phrases in a poem



What is repetition?
300
Where the story takes place



What is setting?
300
Tells the actors how to act and speak or what should happen on stage



What is stage directions?
300
This type of literature has a setting
What are poetry, drama, and prose?
300

Everyone had a good time at the picnic.  The games were fun and the food was plentiful.  In fact, there was so much food they had to take some home.


The word plentiful means:

A.  yummy

B.  scarce

C.  more than enough

What is more than enough?

400
When word endings have the same sound in a poem



What is rhyme?
400
What characters say in a story 



What is dialogue?
400

Tells where and when the play takes place


What is the setting?
400

This type of literature has dialogue (2 types)

What are drama and prose? 

400

The valiant young woman grabbed the little boy just in time to save him from the speeding car.


The word valiant means:

A.  clever

B.  angry

C.  brave 

What is brave?

500
The regular pattern of sounds in the whole poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
500
Who is telling the story



What is point of view?
500

A drama is meant to be


What is performed?

500

This type of literature has a narrator (3 types)

What are poetry, drama, and prose?

500

Amelia rarely paid attention in class.  By contrast, her best friend Tasha was always very attentive and listened carefully to the teacher.


The word attentive means:

A.  focused

B.  bored

C.  nice

What is focused?

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