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 23 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.
Cast list
Line
Speaker's name
Paragraph
A.The list of characters at the start of a play
B.The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play
C.One row of words in a poem
D.A group of sentences in a story about one moment or idea
2.Write the letter of what each part is.
Act
Scene
Refrain
Couplet
A.Words repeated again and again through a poem or song
B.A large part of a play, made of several scenes
C.A part of a play that happens in one place at one time
D.Two lines of a poem that rhyme together
3.Write the letter of what each part is.
Chapter
Opening
Stanza
Stage direction
A.One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into
B.A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it
C.Words in parentheses telling the actors what to do
D.The first part of a story, where we meet the characters
LessonPrint · RL.3.5 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Chapters, Scenes and Stanzas
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cast list — A (The list of characters at the start of a play) 2. Line — C (One row of words in a poem) 3. Speaker's name — B (The word in capitals showing who speaks in a play) 4. Paragraph — D (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. Scene — C (A part of a play that happens in one place at one time) 3. Refrain — A (Words repeated again and again through a poem or song) 4. Couplet — D (Two lines of a poem that rhyme together)
3.1. Chapter — A (One of the numbered parts a long story is divided into) 2. Opening — D (The first part of a story, where we meet the characters) 3. Stanza — B (A group of lines in a poem, with a space after it) 4. Stage direction — C (Words in parentheses telling the actors what to do)
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.