This document provides information about distinguishing between poetry, prose, and drama. It discusses the purposes and defining features of each form. Poetry is meant to entertain and express, using techniques like varied line length, sound devices, and imagery. Prose can inform, entertain, express, and persuade through use of paragraphs and various genres. Drama is meant to express and entertain, featuring elements like character lists, staging directions, and scripts. The document encourages noting examples of each form and reviewing the key things learned about poetry, prose, and drama.

2. How do I distinguish among
poetry, prose, and drama?

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What Is Prose, Poetry, or Drama
See if you can tell what each title
is… poetry, prose, or drama
Record your answers on your
notebook.
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1. “ Lady Macbeth” by Shakespeare.
2. “After a Hundred Years” by
Emily Dickenson
3. “Wings of Fire:by A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam
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Poetry is a form of writing
that is meant to
1. entertain
2. express
Poetry’s Purpose

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There are several features of
poetry that make it unique
from other forms of writing.
These are:
Text Features of
Poetry

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1. Varied in length
2. Written in lines and stanzas
3. Uses sound devices (rhyme,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc…)
4. Takes poetic license with space,
punctuation, grammar, etc.
Text Features of Poetry

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5. Uses word pictures to build
sensory impressions and create
images
6. Plays with the sounds of words and
the rhymes of phrases
7. Is usually intended to be read aloud
Text Features of Poetry

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Poetry can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Poetry

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1. Shape Poems
2. Ballads
3. Lyrical Poems
4. Haikus
5. Narrative Poems
6. Free Verse
7. Blank Verse
Forms of Poetry

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Tell me three things that
you have learned about
poetry (write them down).
Let’s Review #1

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Prose is a form of writing
that is meant to:
1. inform
2. entertain
3. express
4. persuade
PROSE’S PURPOSE

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There are several features of
prose that make it unique from
other forms of writing. These
are:
Text Features of Prose

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1. Written using paragraphs
2. May contain dialogue
3. Can be either fiction or nonfiction
4. Can have headings and/or
subheadings
5. Can be accompanied by graphics
(charts, photos)
Text Features of Prose

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Prose can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Prose

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1. Biography
2. Autobiography
3. Essay
4. Novel
5. Short Story
6. Novella
7. Article
8. Fable / Folktale
FORMS OF PROSE

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Tell me three things that
you have learned about
prose (write them down).
Let’s Review #2

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21. Drama is a form of writing
that is meant to:
1. express
2. entertain
Drama’s Purpose

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There are several features of
drama that make it unique
from other forms of writing.
These are:
Text Features of
Drama

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1. Can have staging directions
2. Can have a list of characters
3. Written to be performed
4. Written in the form of a script
(dialogue)
5. Can include directions for costuming
and physically setting a stage
Text Features of Drama

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Drama can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Drama

25. 1.Play
2.Skit
3.Opera
4.Musical
5.Monologue
Forms of Drama

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Tell me three things that
you have learned about
drama (write them down).
Let’s Review #3

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Take out a blank sheet or a notebook.
Title it “Poetry, Prose, and Drama”
and head it properly.
 Recall and write down the three
things that your have learned about
Poetry, Prose and Drama.
Final Review #

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Thank You