Identifying Prose, Poetry and Playscripts— Let's Practise!
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Let's practise learning about and recognising the features of poetry, prose and playscripts.
Transcript Identifying Prose, Poetry and Playscripts— Let's Practise!
Goopaw says get ready to practise identifying prose, poetry and playscripts! Take a look at this example text. Is this prose, poetry, or a playscript? It is a playscript because there is a cast of characters, an act and scene, a scene setting, stage directions, and lines for people to speak! Did you also identify this text as a playscript? Let's look at another text! Is this prose, poetry, or a playscript? It is prose because there are full sentences that follow on from one another to form a paragraph. Did you also identify this text as prose? Get ready for the final text! Is this prose, poetry, or a playscript? It is poetry because it has lines, rhyming words and stanzas! Did you also identify this text as poetry? Goopaw had so much fun practising with you today! See you next time!
Identifying Prose, Poetry and Playscripts— Let's Practise! exercise
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Which of these is not a feature of poetry?
HintsPoetry often contains lines that rhyme with each other.
A stanza is a set of lines that are grouped together.
Stage directions tell people in a play what to do.
SolutionStage directions are found in playscripts, not in poetry. This is the correct answer.
Poetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas.
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Which feature matches each text type?
HintsThis is an example of a poem.
This is an example of prose.
This is an example of a playscript.
Nonfiction text is prose, but not all prose is nonfiction.
SolutionPoetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas.
Prose consists of sentences that follow on from one another to create paragraphs.
Playscripts contain a cast of characters, act and scene, description of setting, stage directions and lines spoken by the characters.
Nonfiction is writing that tells you facts and information about the world around you.
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Identify the type of text.
HintsPlayscripts contain a cast of characters, act and scene, description of setting, stage directions and lines spoken by the characters.
Prose consists of sentences followed by other sentences creating paragraphs.
Poetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas.
Solution"A West Wind" is an example of prose text. It has sentences followed by other sentences creating paragraphs.
Playscripts contain a cast of characters, act and scene, description of setting, stage directions and lines spoken by the characters. "A West Wind" does not have these elements.
Poetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas. "A West Wind" does not have these elements.
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What features define this text as poetry?
HintsA line of a poem is the words that take up one row.
A stanza is a grouping of lines in a poem.
Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound.
Solution"Texas weather, Texas weather" is a line. A line is a segment of a poem that usually takes up only one row of text. It should be highlighted green.
The words "flood" and "mud" are rhyming words. They both have the same ending sound. They should be highlighted blue.
"Then comes unrelenting heat,
So hot it almost melts the street,
Sealing us inside away from sun,
Far from summer’s golden fun." is a stanza. It is a grouping of lines in a poem. This should be highlighted in violet. -
What type of text is this?
HintsProse consists of sentences followed by other sentences creating paragraphs.
Poetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas.
Playscripts contain a cast of characters, act and scene, description of setting, stage directions and lines spoken by the characters.
SolutionThis text contains a cast of characters, act and scene, description of setting, stage directions and lines spoken by the characters. It is a playscript.
Prose consists of sentences followed by other sentences creating paragraphs.
Poetry contains lines, often rhyming, and stanzas.
Nonfiction texts tell us facts about the world around us.
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Identify the features of a playscript.
HintsThe cast of characters is the list of characters who are actively taking part in the play.
The setting tells you something about where (and sometimes when) the action takes place.
Stage directions indicate something a character is supposed to do, sometimes while saying something.
A line that a character says includes which character says it and what he or she says.
Solution"Characters: Dad, Nikki, Mum" is the cast of characters. It is the list of characters actively taking part in the drama. It should be highlighted in green.
"Dad, Nikki and Mum are in the stands waiting for the race to start. Nikki is wrapped in a blanket, while Dad and Mum are sitting close together with a blanket wrapped around their shoulders. Other athletes, coaches and parents are in the stands or walking around the track." is the setting. It tells us where the play is taking place and sets up the scene for us. It should be highlighted in violet.
"(pointing at a man standing on the track wearing a coat)" is a stage direction. This tells us about something that Nikki does. It should be highlighted in yellow.
"Dad: Jason’s dad is a meteorologist. He’s the one who gives the weather forecast." is a line that a character speaks. It tells us who is speaking (Dad) and what he is saying. It should be highlighted in blue.
