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 19 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.
Stage direction
Refrain
Speaker's name
Act
A.Words in parentheses telling the actors what to do
B.A large part of a play, made of several scenes
C.Words repeated again and again through a poem or song
D.The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play
2.Write the letter of what each part is.
Couplet
Cast list
Setting note
Chapter
A.The list of characters at the start of a play
B.Words at the top of a scene saying where and when it is
C.Two lines of a poem that rhyme together
D.One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into
3.Write the letter of what each part is.
Stanza
Paragraph
Line
Opening
A.The first part of a story, where we meet the characters
B.A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea
C.A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it
D.One row of words in a poem
LessonPrint · RL.3.5 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Stage direction — A (Words in parentheses telling the actors what to do) 2. Refrain — C (Words repeated again and again through a poem or song) 3. Speaker's name — D (The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play) 4. Act — B (A large part of a play, made of several scenes)
2.1. Couplet — C (Two lines of a poem that rhyme together) 2. Cast list — A (The list of characters at the start of a play) 3. Setting note — B (Words at the top of a scene saying where and when it is) 4. Chapter — D (One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into)
3.1. Stanza — C (A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it) 2. Paragraph — B (A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea) 3. Line — D (One row of words in a poem) 4. Opening — A (The first part of a story, where we meet the characters)
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.