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Module 3: (Week 7-9) Prose
and Poetry
Module 3: (Week 7-9) Prose
and Poetry
Module 3: (Week 7-9) Prose
and Poetry
Module 3: (Week 7-9) Prose and Poetry
Introduction
Objective:
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
1. Discuss Prose and Poetry
2. Identify the different types of prose and poetry
3. Write/Create samples for each type of prose and poetry
It’s quite difficult to define prose. Prose is not poetry and not drama.
Prose is the default way of communication in the Western World. It is the main
genre for fictional and non-fictional writing in books, newspapers, flyers, reports,
presentations, etc. Novels, business reports, manuals, cookery books, glossy
magazines, and transcriptions of conversations are all written in prose.
Prose and poetry are two forms of writing. They are used to create written
works, from epics to songs to novels to essays. While poetry and prose are two
different forms of writing with many similarities and differences, both are valid
creative art forms that preserve life’s moments.
The first major difference between poetry and prose is their form. Prose has
sentences that are arranged in paragraphs; in contrast, poetry is freer flowing and
arranged into stanzas. The information presented in prose tends
to be more pragmatic than in poetry. In prose form, the sentences are in
paragraphs and follow each other, one after the other. The first word of each
sentence is capitalized. In contrast, there is less form and less punctuation in
poetry. Poetry is also organized into stanzas. The form of poetry often relies on
enjambment, which is went lines must be read after one another. Poetry divides
into shorter lines, instead of into multiple paragraphs which is seen in prose.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief
difference between prose and
poetry.
Pre-competency Checklist
Directions: Write a brief difference between prose and poetry.
Prose Poetry
Learning Resources
Link: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/poetry-prose-difference
https://www.teacherspayteachers.c
om/Browse/Search:poetry%20vs
%20prose
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
poems/44263/fire-and-ice
https://genius.com/Langston-
hughes-mother-to-son-annotated
https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-prose-and-poetry.html
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/understanding-prose-poetry
https://study.com/learn/lesson/what-is-a-prose-poem.html
Explore (Task/Activities)
A. Prose
A. Prose
1. Novel – This is a long narrative divided into chapters. The events
are taken from true to life stories.
2. Shorty Story - This is a narrative involving one or more
characters, one plot and single impression.
3. Fable - This is fictitious story wherein the characters are
represented by animals.
4. Legend – This is fictitious narrative which is usually about origin
of place, creation or a thing.
5. Anecdote - This is merely a product of the writer’s imagination
and its main aim is to bring out a moral to the readers.
6. Essay - This expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer
about a particular problem or event.
7. Biography – This deals with the life of a person written by
another person.
8. Autobiography – This deals with the life of a person written
by himself.
9. History – This deals with the events of the past.
10. News – A report of everyday events in a society.
Plot
Plot
Plot is what happens in a story, but action itself doesn’t
constitute plot. Plot is created by the manner in which the
writer arranges and organizes particular actions in a
meaningful way. It’s useful to think of plot as a chain reaction,
where a sequence of events causes other events to happen.
Character
Character can’t be separated from action, since we
come to understand a character by what she does. In stories,
characters drive the plot. The plot depends on the characters'
situations and how they respond to it. The actions that occur
in the plot are only believable if the character is believable.
For most traditional fiction, characters are divided into the
following categories:
Theme
If character is the most important aspect of fiction, then theme is the
“meaning” of a story. The “meaning” of a story shouldn’t be mistaken with
topic, however. What the writer makes of the topic constitutes theme
Some literary critics have claimed that theme is a lost art in
contemporary American fiction because we are not likely to ask of a story,
“What does it add up to?” We are more likely to make sure the cause-and-
effect points are rational and make sense. We appreciate meaningful
moments of insight in a story, but sometimes balk at asking big questions.
Such questions are considered old-fashioned, and the outdated qualities of
closure and epiphany have diminished the importance of theme.
Point of View
Point of view refers to the perspective the author uses to tell the
story. Though authors may switch and combine points of view, in
traditional fiction there exists three points of view:
Third Person: In third person, the author tells the story. But the
author decides if the events will be objectively given, or if she can go
into the mind of every character; to what degree she can interpret that
character; to what degree she can know the past and the future; and
how many authorial judgments will be allowed. For example,
Chekhov uses Third person limited omniscient in his story, “Vanka.”
Chekhov tells us when Vanka is thinking, but he doesn’t go into detail
about what Vanka is thinking about. Chekhov lets the action show
what Vanka is thinking about.
If Chekhov had written the story in third person omniscient,
then we would know everything that was on Vanka’s mind, and we
would be given a great deal of interpretation about why Vanka acts the
way he acts. If Chekhov had chosen to write “Vanka” in Third person
objective, we would only get those details that could be outwardly
observed. Vanka would not pause to think twice about how he should
begin his letter to his grandfather. We might see him lift his pen, and
then start writing again, but nothing more.
The first key element of nonfiction—perhaps the most crucial thing— is that the
genre relies on the author’s ability to retell events that actually happened. The talented CNF
writer will certainly use imagination and craft to relay what has happened and tell a story,
but the story must be true. You may have heard the idiom that “truth is stranger than
fiction;” this is an essential part of the genre. Events—coincidences, love stories, stories of
loss—that may be expected or feel clichØd in fiction can be respected when they occur in
real life.
Topical Writing
Perhaps the genre closest to an essay or a blog post, topical writing is
an author’s take on a given topic of specific interest to the reader. For
example, nature writing and travel writing have been popular for centuries,
while food writing is gathering steam via cooking blogs. Nature writing
involves exploring the writer’s experience in a beautiful and thoroughly
rendered natural setting, such as a cabin on a mountaintop. Travel Writing,
as the name implies, details the writer’s experiences while traveling, whether
by choice on a vacation or out of necessity due to business or serving in the
military. Finally, contemporary food writing explores the writer’s connection
to cooking and enjoying food of any variety. All three will occasionally step
into the writer’s personal experiences via memories, but these episodes are
always related to the topic driving the essay.
Types of Poetry
1. Narrative Poetry- This form describes important events in life,
either real or imaginary.
a. Epic – This is extended narrative about heroic exploits often
under supernatural control.
b. Metrical Tale – This is a narrative which is written in verse
and can be classified either as a ballad or a metrical tale.
c. Ballad - This is the shortest and simplest incident. There are
variations of this kind such as: love ballads, sea ballads etc.
2. Lyric Poetry- This kind of poetry is meant to be sung.
a. Folksongs – These are short poems intended to be sung. The
common theme is love, despair, hatred, doubt, joy, sorrow
and hope.
b. Sonnet – A 14-line poem with a rhyme scheme.
At times, you may feel less inspired—you may not have a set agenda
or “synoptic moment” in mind. That’s perfectly okay. Your own daily
life experience is rich in images and material for poetry; you just have
to focus in on the material to find a starting point. When you want or
need to write something, you may have to prod your subconscious
into it— find a hidden moment or image that can become something.
Activities
A. Read the poem below then do the activities that follow.
bunny
run
hop
bing
sun
bear
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What is a word in the poem that rhymes with sing?
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What is a word in the poem that rhymes with top?
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What blinded the bear?
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What did the author tell the bunny to do?
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Discussion Board
Post-Competency Checklist
A. Read the poem below then answer the following:
Mother to Son
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
B. Prose
1. Write your own Fable.
2. Write an autobiography.