Comparing Poetry, Drama, and Prose

In what structure is poetry written?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
• The repetition of a letter.
• The repetition of an ending sound.

A drama is intended to be __________________ for an audience.

• performed

• read

• shared

• fun

A list of characters that appear in the play or drama is called a ______________________. They are also written in the brochure or program of the play.

• stanza

• stage direction

• cast list

• chapter

Stage directions are the words written that appear in parentheses throughout the play and these words tell the characters how to _________________.

• do the play
• use dialogue
• act
• sing

What is written so it can be acted out as a play?

• Poetry

• Prose

• Drama

What is often divided into chapters?

• Poetry
• Drama
• Prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What begins with a cast of characters?

• Prose
• Poetry
• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.5