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Poems, Plays and Prose is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on the structural elements each form uses, aligned to Common Core standard RL.4.5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Poems, Plays and Prose

RL.4.5

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1.How do you know what a character in a play is feeling?
  • A.From the narrator
  • B.From what they say and do, and from stage directions
  • C.From the cast list
2.Which term names a part of a play?
  • A.Verse
  • B.Scene
  • C.Stanza
3.What is a cast list?
  • A.The list of characters in a play
  • B.The order of scenes
  • C.A poem's rhyme scheme
4.Which term names a part of a novel?
  • A.Chapter
  • B.Act
  • C.Stanza
5.Which is not a structural element of a poem?
  • A.Rhythm
  • B.Verse
  • C.Stage direction
6.What is "meter" in a poem?
  • A.The pattern of beats in a line
  • B.The rhyming words
  • C.The length of the poem
7.What is a stage direction?
  • A.A line a character says
  • B.The title of the scene
  • C.An instruction to the actors, not spoken aloud
8.Which term names a part of a poem?
  • A.Stanza
  • B.Scene
  • C.Chapter

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Answer key — Poems, Plays and Prose

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.From what they say and do, and from stage directions
  2. 2.Scene
  3. 3.The list of characters in a play
  4. 4.Chapter
  5. 5.Stage direction
  6. 6.The pattern of beats in a line
  7. 7.An instruction to the actors, not spoken aloud
  8. 8.Stanza

More practice for RL.4.5

Explain how poems, plays and prose are built differently, using the right terms.

Teaching this next? The Structures of Poems and Plays is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.4.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.