Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on matching each part of a story, play or poem to its name, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 11 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas
RL.3.5
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of what each part is.
Stanza
Speaker's name
Scene
Refrain
A.A part of a play that happens in one place at one time
B.The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play
C.A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it
D.Words repeated again and again through a poem or song
2.Write the letter of what each part is.
Act
Setting note
Paragraph
Chapter
A.One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into
B.Words at the top of a scene saying where and when it is
C.A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea
D.A large part of a play, made of several scenes
3.Write the letter of what each part is.
Cast list
Ending
Line
Couplet
A.The list of characters at the start of a play
B.Two lines of a poem that rhyme together
C.One row of words in a poem
D.The last part of a story, where the problem is settled
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Answer key — Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Stanza — C (A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it) 2. Speaker's name — B (The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play) 3. Scene — A (A part of a play that happens in one place at one time) 4. Refrain — D (Words repeated again and again through a poem or song)
2.1. Act — D (A large part of a play, made of several scenes) 2. Setting note — B (Words at the top of a scene saying where and when it is) 3. Paragraph — C (A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea) 4. Chapter — A (One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into)
3.1. Cast list — A (The list of characters at the start of a play) 2. Ending — D (The last part of a story, where the problem is settled) 3. Line — C (One row of words in a poem) 4. Couplet — B (Two lines of a poem that rhyme together)
More practice for RL.3.5
Use the words chapter, scene and stanza, and say how each part builds on the last.
Teaching this next? Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.