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Differences and Similarities of Poems, Drama, & Short Storie

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What are the major similarities and differences between forms of drama, poetry, and short stories?

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Summarize the major similarities and differences between the forms of drama, poetry, and the short story. Demonstrate with textual examples from the course readings. Include one example of each literary form.
The major and most obvious similarity between all three forms are that they are forms of literature. They all use different types of language or figurative speech. Most of them use some type of imagery to help readers gather the theme. All forms can have characters and a setting, although not always. Short stories and dramas have plots but poetry might have a rhythm and rhyme. Dramas and short stories use different point of views ...

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