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 13 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.
Line
Setting note
Stanza
Paragraph
A.One row of words in a poem
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 group of lines in a poem, with a space after it
2.Write the letter of what each part is.
Act
Chapter
Refrain
Scene
A.A part of a play that happens in one place at one time
B.A large part of a play, made of several scenes
C.One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into
D.Words repeated again and again through a poem or song
3.Write the letter of what each part is.
Ending
Couplet
Opening
Cast list
A.Two lines of a poem that rhyme together
B.The first part of a story, where we meet the characters
C.The last part of a story, where the problem is settled
D.The list of characters at the start of a play
LessonPrint · RL.3.5 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Line — A (One row of words in a poem) 2. Setting note — B (Words at the top of a scene saying where and when it is) 3. Stanza — D (A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it) 4. Paragraph — C (A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea)
2.1. Act — B (A large part of a play, made of several scenes) 2. Chapter — C (One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into) 3. Refrain — D (Words repeated again and again through a poem or song) 4. Scene — A (A part of a play that happens in one place at one time)
3.1. Ending — C (The last part of a story, where the problem is settled) 2. Couplet — A (Two lines of a poem that rhyme together) 3. Opening — B (The first part of a story, where we meet the characters) 4. Cast list — D (The list of characters at the start of a play)
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.