Comparing Poems, Plays, and Prose

Describes feelings and ideas or tells stories using rhythm and often rhyme

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Tells a story through a narrator who describes events

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Tells a story through dialogue and actions performed by actors

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A story or novel

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Mostly dialogue

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Verses, also called lines

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Rhyming words--sometimes

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Has paragraphs

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Descriptions

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Stanzas---often

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