Stories, Drama's and Poems

Figurative language can appear in ______.

• stories

• all of these

• poetry

• drama

Complete the blank: The narrator of a poem is called the _____.

• cast member

• speaker

• main character

• subject

What is one difference between poetry and stories?

• stories are written in paragraphs while poetry has line breaks

• stories describe events while poetry just tells about feelings

• all of these

• stories tell a story while poetry does not

Which best describes drama?

• texts meant to be read aloud

• a story meant to be acted out on a stage

• none of these

• stories that have a narrator who is different from the characters

Which type of text does not contain scenes?

• poem

• story

• drama

• all of these

Which type of text usually contains rhythm?

• poem

• story

• all of these

• drama

Which type of text usually contains characters?

• all of these

• poem

• drama

• story

Which type of text usually contains verses?

• story

• all of these

• poem

• drama

Which type of text usually contains chapters?

• All of these

• drama

• poem

• story

Why the Opossum Plays Dead, a Biloxi Legend

The Ancient Opossum thought that he would reach a certain pond very early in the morning, so that he might catch the crawfish on the shore. But someone else reached there first, and when Opossum reached there, the crawfish were all gone.

The person did this every day. Opossum did not know who it was, so he lay in wait for him. He found it was the Ancient Raccoon.

They argued about the crawfish and the pond. They agreed to see which could rise the earlier in the morning, go around the shore of the pond, and catch the crawfish.

Raccoon said, “I rise very early. I never sleep until daylight comes.” Opossum said the same thing. Then each went home.

Now Opossum lay down in a hollow log and slept a long time. He arose when the sun was very high and went to the pond. But Raccoon had been there ahead of him and had eaten all the crawfish. Raccoon sang the Song of the Raccoon as he was going home. Opossum stood listening. He, too, sang. He sang the Song of the Opossum, this: Hí na kí-yu wes-sé-di.

He met the Raccoon who had eaten all the crawfish.

“Ha!” said Raccoon. “I have been eating very long, and I was going home, as I am sleepy.”

Opossum said “I, too, have been eating so long that I am sleepy, so I am going home.”

Opossum was always telling a lie. People say this of the Opossum because if one hits that animal and throws it down for dead, soon it gets up and walks off.

Which best summarizes this story?

• Both raccoons and opossums eat crayfish.

• The opossum lies because it is lazy.

• The raccoon is a better fisher than the opossum.

• The raccoon wakes up earlier than the opossum.