How It's Written
Dear Dumb Diary is an example of what type of text?
Dear Dumb Diary is an example of prose.
What type of literature that stirs a readers emotions and often rhymes or has some type of rhythm?
How are poems and prose are different in the ways they are divided?
Prose are divided into paragraphs and sentences.
This type of text can be divided by topic (think back to the article we read for skills this week).
Prose can be divided by chapters and/or topic.
How many lines are in the following poem:
A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July —
The poem has three lines.
What type of text has chapters, a narrator, a setting, and dialogue?
A prose has chapters, a narrator, a setting, and dialogue.
How do prose and dramas tell you about the setting of a story?
Dramas tell a reader about the setting in the stage directions (or notes at the start of the drama). A prose tells you about the setting throughout the story.
What type of writing is the following excerpt and how do you know?
The prisoner waited a few moments before acknowledging the visitor behind her. It was the first visitor she had ever had, and she knew who it was without looking; there was only one person it could be.
“Hello, Snow White,” the prisoner said softly.
“Hello, Stepmother,” Snow White replied with a nervous quiver. “I hope you are well.”
The excerpt is a prose and I know this because the text uses dialogue, sentences, and paragraphs.
How are the elements of dramas and prose similar?
Dramas and prose both have settings, dialogue, and a narrator.
What are two different types of prose?
Prose can be novels/books, short stories, and news paper articles.
Alex: Dad, I'm going to wor on my bike.
Dad: Okay, if you need help holler.
(Alex is seen in the garage and a bright light fills the room.)
...Drama
A group of sentences forms what?
A groups of sentences forms a paragraph.
What elements do poems and dramas have in common?
Poems and dramas have settings and narrators in common.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Capitalize all of the proper nouns in this sentence:
Before moving to denver, colorado, anna had never been to a king soopers.
Before moving to Denver, Colorado, Anna had never been to a King Soopers.
This type of text can be divided up into a series, such as A Series of Unfortunate Events.
A prose can be divided into series.
DAILY DOUBLE!
Each table group is going to get a poem. Read the poem as a group and try to determine the theme of the poem. As a group write your answer down and give me evidence from the text to support your theme.
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DAILY DOUBLE!
What two elements can poems, dramas and prose all have in common?
Poems, dramas, and prose can all have a setting and a narrator.