This Grade 4 Medium 2 worksheet compares poetry, prose, and drama side by side. Students fill in nine sentences about structure and sound devices, then match forms and terms to their best descriptions. Quatrain joins stanza, verse, and line as a new vocabulary word. Hints and why notes keep the focus on structure, helping Grade 4 readers tell each form apart in any classroom passage.
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Poetry Elements
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A story written in flowing sentences and paragraphs is called prose.
2. A play meant to be acted out by performers is called drama.
3. Poetry is written in lines and stanzas rather than paragraphs.
4. The hiss of a snake is described well by the onomatopoeia hiss.
5. Repeating the line I have a dream throughout a speech is called repetition.
6. Words at the ends of lines that share sounds, like sky and high, create rhyme.
7. A four-line stanza is also commonly called a quatrain.
8. The word crack imitating a branch breaking is an example of onomatopoeia.
9. Writing organized in paragraphs, not lines, is most likely prose.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Poetry
→ Lines and stanzas with rhythm
Four-line stanza
Prose
→ Paragraphs of flowing sentences
Script for actors to perform
Drama
→ Script for actors to perform
Paragraphs of flowing sentences
Quatrain
→ Four-line stanza
Lines and stanzas with rhythm
Poetry Elements
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A story written in flowing sentences and paragraphs is called prose.
2) A play meant to be acted out by performers is called drama.
3) Poetry is written in lines and stanzas rather than paragraphs.
4) The hiss of a snake is described well by the onomatopoeia hiss.
5) Repeating the line I have a dream throughout a speech is called repetition.
6) Words at the ends of lines that share sounds, like sky and high, create rhyme.
7) A four-line stanza is also commonly called a quatrain.
8) The word crack imitating a branch breaking is an example of onomatopoeia.
9) Writing organized in paragraphs, not lines, is most likely prose.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Poetry
→ Lines and stanzas with rhythm
Four-line stanza
Prose
→ Paragraphs of flowing sentences
Script for actors to perform
Drama
→ Script for actors to perform
Paragraphs of flowing sentences
Quatrain
→ Four-line stanza
Lines and stanzas with rhythm
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