Poems, Plays and Prose

3 Writing Forms

#1 Poetry

#2 Prose

#3 Drama

#1 Poetry

Verses and Stanzas

• Each line is called a verse.

• Verses are grouped into stanzas.

• How many verses are in the first stanza of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?

• There are 4 verses and 1 stanza.

How many stanzas are in the complete poem?

• Remember that a verse is one line.

• A stanza is a group of verses.

• There are 4 stanzas in this poem.

Multiple Choice

How many verses are in "I'm a Little Teapot"?

• 4

• 7

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in "I'm a Little Teapot" based on this image?

• 1

• 2

• 12

• 4

How can you describe the meter of this poem?

• The first line has 4 stressed beats, the second line has 3, the third line has 4 and the fourth line has 3.

• We consider the meter of this poem 4-3-4-3.

Multiple Choice

How many stressed beats are there per line?

I think that I shall never see

A poem so lovely as a tree.

• 4

• 8

• 10

Clap out the rhythm.

• How many beats does each verse have?

• Each verse has 4 stressed beats.

• What is the rhyming pattern?

• The rhyming pattern is aabb.

How many beats (stressed syllables) are there per line?

• There are 4 beats per line

• What is the rhyme scheme?

• The rhyme scheme is aabb

Multiple Choice

How many beats (stressed syllables) are there per line?

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,

Have you any wool?

• 4, 4

• 4, 3

What is the poem's meter?

• How many beats are in each verse?

• 4-3-4-3 is the meter.

• What is the rhyme pattern?

• abcb is the rhyme scheme

#2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a sentence?

• Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

• Mary had a little lamb.

• Like a diamond in the sky.

#3

Multiple Choice

Which form of dialogue is used in a play?

• Teacher: Why is there a lamb at school?

• The teacher asked, "Why is there a lamb at school?"

Multiple Choice

What are the paragraphs in a poem called?

• paragraph

• couplet

• line

• stanza

Multiple Choice

True or False?

All poems must rhyme.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What do you call the person who wrote a poem?

• author

• poet

• speaker

• writer

Multiple Choice

What do you call two lines in a poem that rhyme?

• limerick

• couplet

• haiku

Multiple Choice

The pattern of stressed and unstressed beats (syllables) in a poem creates the poem's...

• flow

• rhyme

• meter

Multiple Choice

Which one is written in complete sentences and follows all grammatical rules?

• drama

• poetry

• prose

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an element of poetry?

• uses figurative language

• follows grammar rules

• can have rhythm and meter

• written in stanzas

Multiple Choice

Which one is this?

It would be great if I could skate

a figure eight

But my poor legs just won't keep straight

• poetry

• prose

• drama

Multiple Choice

Which one is an example of rhyme?

• threw - through

• eye - I

• shop - drop

• cat - dog

What do you notice about this poem?