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ACTIvITy 4.5
Analyzing and responding to Narrative poetry
leArNING sTrATeGIes:
Graphic Organizer, Rereading, Marking the Text, Discussion Groups, Drafting
literary Terms
Verse is a synonym for poetry, and prose could be considered an antonym of poetry.
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Use accurate and appropriate language to identify and analyze the structures and features of narrative poetry.
• Analyze a narrative poem and explain how the writer uses language and literary elements for effect.
1. Name five things you know about narratives (Unit 1):
2. Name three things you know about poetry:
3. Make one prediction about what a narrative poem is:
Prose Versus Poetry
Prose is writing that is not in poetic form, such as essays, stories, articles, and letters. Ideas are written in sentences and organized by paragraphs. Language (i.e. diction, syntax, and rhetorical devices) is used for effect.
Verse is poetry. Ideas are usually written in lines, and lines are organized by stanzas (a group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern). Poetry contains language that appeals to the reader’s emotions or imagination, and it can take several forms. For example, in free verse poetry, the writer uses lines that do not have a regular rhyme scheme (i.e., a pattern for rhyming, such as ending lines with similar sounding words).
Narrative poetry tells a story in verse. Narrative poems usually contain the same elements as short stories, such as setting, characters, conflict, and plot. Like a short story, a narrative poem has a beginning, middle, and end. Writing narrative poetry is similar to writing narrative prose in that you consider the purpose of your poem (your story), your audience, and the language you want to use to communicate your story and paint a mental image for the reader.
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