Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study

Guide
Elements of poetry include:

_______________-words that have the same ending sounds

_______________-one line of a poem

_______________-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

_______________-lines grouped together like a paragraph

_______________-an idea the poem expresses about the subject

_______________-repeating words, phrases, lines and stanzas

_______________-the overall feeling an audience gets from a poem

There was an Old Man with a Beard

by Edward Lear

There was an old man with a beard,

Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.
 Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
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Elements of drama include:

_______________-the cast of people, things and animals in the play

_______________-instructions about movement, sounds, and setting

_______________-words spoken out loud by characters

_______________-when and where a drama takes place

_______________-the moral lesson of the entire drama

_______________-the sequence of events

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Cast of Characters: Storyteller 1, Storyteller 2, first Billy-goat Gruff, second

Billy-goat Gruff, third Billy-goat Gruff, Troll

Setting: On a mountain, high above the plains. Near a troll bridge.

Troll: (In a loud scary voice) Now I'm coming to gobble you up!

Billy-goat 1: (Nervous and shy) Oh no! Please don't take me. I'm too little, that
I am. Wait for the second Billy-goat Gruff. He's much bigger.

Troll: (Throwing his hands in the air) Well, be off with you!

Storyteller 2: A little while after came the second Billy-goat Gruff across the
bridge.

All: TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!

 Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
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Elements of prose include:

_______________-the people, things and animals in the story

_______________-the perspective of the person telling the story

_______________-words spoken out loud by characters

_______________-when and where a drama takes place

_______________-the moral lesson of the entire story

_______________-the sequence of events

_______________-the overall feeling the reader gets from the story

There once was a village which was ruined by a strong earthquake. With the
houses and the streets shattered, the villagers left the village to settle
elsewhere.

Despite being destroyed, the vacant houses of this village had become
homes for a large number of mice. The mice found the place very comfortable
and grew in numbers after some time.

There was a lake on the outskirts of the village, where a herd of elephants
used to visit regularly to drink water and bathe. These elephants used to travel
through the abandoned village to reach the lake.
 Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
Guide

Elements of poetry include:

__rhyme __-words that have the same ending sounds

_verse _______-one line of a poem

_meter ______-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

_stanza ________-lines grouped together like a paragraph

theme _______-an idea the poem expresses about the subject

_repetition _____-repeating words, phrases, lines and stanzas

mood ______-the overall feeling an audience gets from a poem

There was an Old Man with a Beard

by Edward Lear

There was an old man with a beard,

Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.
 Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
Guide
Elements of drama include:

Cast of Characters_-the cast of people, things and animals in the play

__stage directions_-instructions about movement, sounds, and setting

dialogue ____-words spoken out loud by characters

__setting _______-when and where a drama takes place

___theme _____-the moral lesson of the entire drama

__plot ___-the sequence of events

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Cast of Characters: Storyteller 1, Storyteller 2, first Billy-goat Gruff, second

Billy-goat Gruff, third Billy-goat Gruff, Troll

Setting: On a mountain, high above the plains. Near a troll bridge.

Troll: (In a loud scary voice) Now I'm coming to gobble you up!

Billy-goat 1: (Nervous and shy) Oh no! Please don't take me. I'm too little, that
I am. Wait for the second Billy-goat Gruff. He's much bigger.

Troll: (Throwing his hands in the air) Well, be off with you!

Storyteller 2: A little while after came the second Billy-goat Gruff across the
bridge.

All: TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!

 Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
Guide
Elements of prose include:

_characters ____-the people, things and animals in the story

__point of view___-the perspective of the person telling the story

_dialogue ____-words spoken out loud by characters

_setting _____-when and where a drama takes place

__theme _____-the moral lesson of the entire story

__plot ____-the sequence of events

__mood ____-the overall feeling the reader gets from the story

There once was a village which was ruined by a strong earthquake. With the
houses and the streets shattered, the villagers left the village to settle
elsewhere.

Despite being destroyed, the vacant houses of this village had become
homes for a large number of mice. The mice found the place very comfortable
and grew in numbers after some time.

There was a lake on the outskirts of the village, where a herd of elephants
used to visit regularly to drink water and bathe. These elephants used to travel
through the abandoned village to reach the lake.
Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
Guide
Elements of Poetry, Drama, & Prose Study
Guide