Poetry, Prose, & Drama

Poetry, Prose, & Drama

By Amanda Redd

3 major forms of literature​

• Poetry

• Drama

• ​Prose

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Structural Elements

All three forms of literature have structural elements or special features. Their shapes alone make literature forms easy to tell apart.

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​Poems

A poem often packs deep thoughts and feelings into a few words. ​

• Lines or verses: each line of poetry

• Theme: Some not all

• Stanzas​: a group of lines or verses

• Speaker: the person or thing talking in

• Rhyme: some not all

• Rhythm:beats in a poem

• Meter: pattern of stressed and untressed syllables​

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​Drama

A drama is written to be performed onstage.​

• a narrator

• Cast of characters: a list of characters in the play​

• ​stage directions: tells what the characters are doing and how they are doing it

• Dialogue: parts where characters speak

• Acts and scenes​: sections of the drama.

• Setting, plot, theme, ​and characters

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​Prose

Novels and short short stories a narrator reveals the characters'​ thoughts, feelings and actions. Can also be informational text

• ​Sentences, Paragraphs & Chapters

• Setting, characters, theme, plot,

• Dialogue

• Narrators: First, Third

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Setting

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Plot

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Dialogue: when the characters are speaking to each other.

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Cast of Charaters

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Stage Directions

• poetry

• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Description: of setting, characters, and events

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• Prose

• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Chapters

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• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Stanzas

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• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Speaker

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• Prose

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Verses or lines

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• Drama

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Narrator

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Poetry, Prose, & Drama? Select all that apply. Theme

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• Prose

• Drama