Poetry, Prose, and Drama

Poetry, Prose, and Drama

Poetry, Prose, and Drama Poetry - stories that are written as a verse Purpose: express a mood or entertain • Written in lines and stanzas Examples: • Uses words for their sound acrostic, k ind haiku, ballad, • Can have rhyme, rhythm & meter free verse, i nteresting narrative • Doesn’t follow grammar rules d etermined • Uses figurative language • The successive order is shown with stanzas. Prose - stories that are written in paragraphs Purpose: persuade, inform or entertain • Written in complete sentences Examples: • Follows grammar rules novels, picture books, • Series of events: begging, middle, end magazine articles, short passages/stories, • Dialogue in quotation marks biographies, your textbook • Action shown in description • The successive order is shown with chapters. Drama - stories that are written as a script Purpose: express a mood or entertain • Meant to be performed • Has a cast of characters Examples: plays, readers • Starts with a description and setting theater, musicals, • Written in lines of dialogue opera, skits (no quotation marks) • Actions are written as stage directions • The successive order is shown with scenes. Poetry, Prose, and Drama Poetry - stories that are written as a verse Purpose: express a mood or entertain • Written in lines and stanzas Examples: • Uses words for their sound acrostic, k ind • Can have rhyme , rhythm , & meter haiku, ballad, free verse, nteresting narrative i • Doesn’t follow grammar rules d etermined • Uses figurative language • The successive order is shown with stanzas. Prose - stories that are written in paragraphs Purpose: persuade, inform or entertain • Written in complete sentences • Follows grammar rules Examples: novels, picture books, • Series of events: begging, middle, end magazine articles, short passages/stories, • Dialogue in quotation marks biographies, your • Action shown in description textbook • The successive order is shown with chapters. Drama - stories that are written as a script Purpose: express a mood or entertain • Meant to be performed Examples: • Has a cast of characters plays, readers • Starts with a description and setting theater, musicals, opera, skits • Written in lines of dialogue (no quotation marks) • Actions are written as stage directions • The successive order is shown with scenes..

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