Comparing Poems, Plays, and Prose

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

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Tells a story through a narrator who describes events

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tells a story through dialogue and actions performed by actors

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

A story or novel

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Mostly dialogue

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5

Verses, also called lines

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Rhyming words--sometimes

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Has paragraphs

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Descriptions

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Stanzas---often

• Poem

• Play

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5