Poetry, Prose and Drama

What are the different parts of prose?

• title, introduction, body, conclusion, and citation

• 
  narrator, dialogue, theme, climax, and denouement

• characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution

• genre, tone, mood, style, and symbolism

What are the different parts of poetry?

• 
  stanzas, lines, rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language

• prose, drama, fiction

• characters, plot, setting

• words, sentences, paragraphs

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What are the different parts of dramas?

• characters, setting, conflict, resolution

• plot, theme, dialogue, stage directions

• exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• 
  introduction, conflict, climax, conclusion

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

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Which part of a drama includes the dialogue and actions of the characters?

• stage directions

• plot

• setting

• script

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What is the purpose of the stage directions in a drama?

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to confuse the actors and make the production more challenging.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to provide instructions to the actors and production team regarding the movement, actions, and expressions of the characters, as well as the placement of props and set design.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to entertain the audience with elaborate and unnecessary movements.

• The purpose of stage directions in a drama is to provide the audience with background information about the characters and setting.

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CCSS.RL.4.7

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What is the biggest difference between poetry and prose?

• Poetry rhymes all the time.

• Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

• Poetry does not have rules.

• Poetry tells a story.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

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The following is an example of which structural element of drama?

Narrator 1

Narrator 2

Big Bad Wolf

First Little Pig

Second Little Pig

Third Little Pig

• Stage Directions

• Setting

• LInes

• Cast of Characters

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CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

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Read the following lines from the prose, "A Friend Comes to Town." This prose is divided into 1 _________________.

"You're coming? You're actually coming?" Lucy exclaimed with a huge grin on her face as she read a handwritten letter that had just arrived in the mail. The thought of her best friend Jay coming to spend the weekend at her house was almost more than she could handle.

• verse

• sentence

• paragraph

• stanza

In the following poem, which words rhyme?

Ridiculous Rose

Her mama said, "Don't eat with your fingers."

"Ok," said Ridiculous Rose,

So she ate with her toes!

• Rose and toes

• fingers and toes

• Ok and Rose

• fingers and Rose

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the statements below BEST describes why the script provided this stage direction in line 3?

1 Narrator: Pecos Bill was the smartest, toughest cowboy who ever lived. This is the story of Pecos and the great tornado.

2 Pecos Bill: (hollering loudly) This ain't nothing! I can take care of that little old storm!

3 The townspeople: (Looking frightened) Let's hide! Pecos come with us!

4. Pecos: Go on! I will get rid of this pest! (He gets his 25 foot long rattlesnake and throws it around the tornado. It lifts him up in the air.)

• 
  to let the audience know that Pecos is brave

• 
  to let the audience know the townspeople are scared of the tornado

• to let the audience know that the tornado is coming and the townspeople are cheering

• to let the audience know what is happening as Pecos gets rid of the tornado

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CCSS.RL.5.10

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.6.10