📚 Part 1: What Do You Already Know?

1. List three similarities between prose and poetry:

2. List three differences between prose and poetry:

3. Which statement about prose is correct?

Prose is always written in rhyming couplets

Prose is written in continuous sentences and paragraphs

Prose never uses figurative language

Prose must be fictional

4. Which features are commonly found in poetry? (Select all that apply)

Line breaks

Stanzas

Rhythm and rhyme

Continuous paragraphs

Figurative language

🔍 Part 2: Text Analysis and Annotation

5. Read the prose extract and poem provided by your teacher. In the space below, annotate and identify at least 3 language features or structural elements from each text:

Prose Extract - Language Features/Structure:

Poem - Language Features/Structure:

6. Complete the sentence stems based on your analysis:

One similarity between the prose and poem is ________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

In the poem, the use of _________________________ creates meaning by __________

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The prose text uses _________________________ differently from poetry because ____

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📊 Part 3: Venn Diagram and Reflection

7. Work with your partner to create a Venn diagram comparing prose and poetry. Use the space below to record your group's findings:

Draw your Venn diagram here, labelling: "Prose Only", "Both", and "Poetry Only"

8. Based on your analysis today, explain how understanding the differences between prose and poetry helps you decode unfamiliar texts:

9. Reflection: Write one key similarity and one key difference between prose and poetry that stood out to you today:

Key Similarity: ____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Key Difference: ____________________________________________

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How this helps me understand texts better: _____________________

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Prose vs Poetry Comparison

Prose vs Poetry Comparison

📚 Part 1: What Do You Already Know?

🔍 Part 2: Text Analysis and Annotation

📊 Part 3: Venn Diagram and Reflection

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