Poetry, Prose, and Drama

Poetry, Prose, and Drama How do I distinguish among poetry, prose, and drama?

Activator • What Is It? • See if you can tell what each title is… poetry, prose, or drama • Record your answers on a blank sheet of paper.

Activator • The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. • “After a Hundred Years” by Emily Dickenson • Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography byLemony Snicket

Poetry

Poetry’s Purpose • Poetry is a form of writing that is meant to 1. entertain 2. express

Text Features of Poetry • There are several features of poetry that make it unique from other forms of writing. These are:

Text Features of Poetry • Varied in length • Written in lines and stanzas • Uses sound devices (rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc…) • Takes poetic license with space, punctuation, grammar, etc…

Text Features of Poetry • Uses word pictures to build sensory impressions and create images • Plays with the sounds of words and the rhymes of phrases • Is usually intended to be read aloud

Forms of Poetry • Poetry can take several forms. These are:

Forms of Poetry • Shape Poems • Acrostic Poems • Ballads • Lyrical Poems • Haikus • Narrative Poems • Free Verse • Blank Verse

Let’s Review #1 • Tell me three things that you have learned about poetry (write them down).

Prose

Prose’s Purpose • Prose is a form of writing that is meant to: 1. inform 2. entertain 3. express 4. persuade

Text Features of Prose • There are several features of prose that make it unique from other forms of writing. These are:

Text Features of Prose • Written using paragraphs • May contain dialogue • Can be either fiction or nonfiction • Can have headings and/or subheadings • Can be accompanied by graphics (charts, photos)

Forms of Prose • Prose can take several forms. These are:

Forms of Prose • Folktale • Biography • Autobiography • Essay • Novel • Short Story • Novella • Article • Fable / Folktale

Let’s Review #2 • Tell me three things that you have learned about prose (write them down).

Drama

Drama’s Purpose • Drama is a form of writing that is meant to: 1. express 2. entertain

Text Features of Drama • There are several features of drama that make it unique from other forms of writing. These are:

Text Features of Drama • can have staging directions • can have a list of characters • written to be performed • written in the form of a script (dialogue) • can include directions for costuming and physically setting a stage

Forms of Drama • Drama can take several forms. These are:

Forms of Drama • Play • Skit • Opera • Musical • Monologue • Readers’ Theater

Let’s Review #3 • Tell me three things that you have learned about drama (write them down).

Summarizer, Part 1 • Look back at our activator. • Now that you are more familiar with poetry, prose, and drama, go back and double-check if your first answers are correct. • If they aren’t, fix them.

Summarizer, Part 2 • Take out a blank sheet of notebook paper. • Title it “Poetry, Prose, and Drama Summarizer” and head it properly. • Follow the directions on the next slide.

Summarizer, Part 2 • We are doing a 3-2-1… • 3. Write three types of text (there are only three) • 2. Write two features of each type • 1. Write one form of each type

Poetry, Prose, and Drama