I. Write T if the statement is True and F for false.

1. Prose is the normal form of language.
2. Prose is the same as poetry and verse.
3. Biography, autobiography, memoir, essay, short stories, fairy tales, article, novel, blog and so forth use prose for creative writing.
4. Poetry is typically reserved for everyday writing.
5. The ideas in poetry are contained in lines that may or may not be sentences.
6. The language of prose is straightforward without much decoration.
7. The purpose of both forms is to delight or amuse the readers.
8. Prose is written in verses which leave a lot of unsaid things, and the intepretation depends upon the imagination of the reader.
9. Prose contains paragraphs, which includes a number of sentences that use an expressive or creative language, which includes comparisons, rhyme and rhythm that give it a unique cadence and feel.
10. Both prose and poetry are forms of literature that represent a point to an audience, and both take some skill.

II. Identify whether the following literary writings is in prose or poetry form.

1.
Falling to the ground,
I watch a leaf settle down
In a bed of brown.
2.
I look forward to autum every year. This year, the leaves are
particularly gorgeous.
3.
Birds with paper wings
Gliding on natures cool breath
Precious like our love.
4.
There once was a young lady named bright
Whose speed was much faster than light
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
The seagulls swoop like Stukas, complete with siren, for your sandwiches.

III. Prose vs. Poetry
Directions: Complete the Venn diagram below by writing descriptions of the two literary forms in contrast and in comparison.

Poetry Prose
Similarities