Poetry, Prose,
and Drama
How do I distinguish among
poetry, prose, and drama?
Key Learning: Texts are structured in a way to help the reader
comprehend the information more easily.
701.8.3, 701.8.4, 701.6.3, 701.6.4
Unit Essential Question: How
does analyzing text structure help you
better understand the information you are reading?
Concept:
Poetry, Prose
and Drama
Concept:
Nonfiction Text
Features
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Lesson Essential
Questions:
How do I
distinguish
among
poetry,
prose, and
drama?
How do the
features of
nonfiction texts
aid in
comprehension?
701.8.3, 701.8.4
701.6.3, 701.6.4
Concept:
Types of Prose
Concept:
Biography and
Autobiography
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are the
distinguishing
characteristics of
the different
types of prose?
How do you
explain the
characteristics
of biography
and
autobiography?
701.8.3, 701.8.4
701.8.3
Unit Vocabulary
 Poetry
 Prose
 Drama
 Text features
(headings, key words,
captions, footnotes,
maps, charts, graphs,
timelines, tables,
diagrams)
Fiction
 Nonfiction
 Genre
 Biography
 Autobiography

Table of Contents for: Text Structure
Title of Paper
Date
of
Assign
Your
Score
Worth
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Poetry, Prose, and Drama PN
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Poetry, Prose, and Drama
Summarizer NBP
Reading Poetry, Prose, and
Drama Worksheet
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Activator
What
Is It?
–See if you can tell what each title
is… poetry, prose, or drama
–Record your answers on your
notesheet.
Activator
1.
2.
3.
The Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens.
“After a Hundred Years” by
Emily Dickenson
Lemony Snicket: The
Unauthorized Autobiography
by Lemony Snicket
Poetry’s Purpose
Poetry
is a form of writing that
is meant to
1. entertain
2. express
Text Features of Poetry
There
are several features of
poetry that make it unique
from other forms of writing.
These are:
Text Features of Poetry
1.
2.
3.
4.
Varied in length
Written in lines and stanzas
Uses sound devices (rhyme,
alliteration, onomatopoeia,
etc…)
Takes poetic license with space,
punctuation, grammar, etc…
Text Features of Poetry
5.
6.
7.
Uses word pictures to build
sensory impressions and create
images
Plays with the sounds of words
and the rhymes of phrases
Is usually intended to be read
aloud
Forms of Poetry
Poetry
can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Poetry
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Shape Poems
Acrostic Poems
Ballads
Lyrical Poems
Haikus
Narrative Poems
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Let’s Review #1
Tell
me three things that
you have learned about
poetry (write them down).
Prose’s Purpose
Prose
is a form of writing that
is meant to:
1. inform
2. entertain
3. express
4. persuade
Text Features of Prose
There
are several features of
prose that make it unique from
other forms of writing. These
are:
Text Features of Prose
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Written using paragraphs
May contain dialogue
Can be either fiction or
nonfiction
Can have headings and/or
subheadings
Can be accompanied by
graphics (charts, photos)
Forms of Prose
Prose
can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Prose
Biography
2. Autobiography
3. Essay
4. Novel
5. Short Story
6. Novella
7. Article
8. Fable / Folktale
1.
9.
Folktale
Let’s Review #2
Tell
me three things that
you have learned about
prose (write them down).
Drama’s Purpose
Drama
is a form of writing
that is meant to:
1. express
2. entertain
Text Features of Drama
There
are several features of
drama that make it unique
from other forms of writing.
These are:
Text Features of Drama
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Can have staging directions
Can have a list of characters
Written to be performed
Written in the form of a script
(dialogue)
Can include directions for
costuming and physically setting
a stage
Forms of Drama
Drama
can take several
forms. These are:
Forms of Drama
Play
Skit
3. Opera
4. Musical
5. Monologue
1.
2.
Let’s Review #3
Tell
me three things that
you have learned about
drama (write them down).
Summarizer, Part 1
Look
back at our activator.
Now that you are more familiar
with poetry, prose, and drama, go
back and double-check if your first
answers are correct.
If they aren’t, fix them with your
GRADING pen.
Summarizer, Part 2
Take
out a blank sheet of notebook
paper.
Title it “Poetry, Prose, and Drama
Summarizer” and head it properly.
Follow the directions on the next
slide.
Summarizer, Part 2
We
are doing a 3-2-1…
–3. Write three types of text (there
are only three)
–2. Write two features of each type
(label each type so I know what it is)
–1. Write one form of each type
(label each type so I know what it is)
Turn
it into the blue bin when you
are done.