Iambic Pentameter/Shakespeare

Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentamter in his writing?

• It helped actors to memorize lines better.
• He was trying to be a rapper.
• It was a gift from Italy

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What is the ryhthm of iambic pentameter meant to sound like?

• A lawnmower
• The human heartbeat
• The flow of water

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What is an iamb?

• Who a person is.
• The beginning of a sentence.
• The sound or set of two syllables.

Finish this line...

• Da Dum Dum, Dum Dum.
• Da Da Da Da Dum Dum Dum Dum
• Da Dum Da Dum Da Dum Da Dum

 A foot is an iamb if...

• ...it wears a shoe.
• ... it consists of one stressed and unstressed syllable.
• it is twelve (12) inches.

Iambic pentameter contains _____ feet, each of which contains _____ syllables.

• two, five

• five, five

• five, two

• three, two

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Which of these lines is NOT in iambic pentameter?

• "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?"

• "A little more than kin and less than kind."

• "Just for a handful of silver he left us."

• "So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

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According to the video, Shakespeare was first & foremost a

• poet

• school teacher

• playwright

• husband

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Meter is all about _________, not ____________.

• looks, spelling

• sound, meaning

• emotion, speaking skills

• poetry, grammar

Because iambic pentameter is said to be naturally suited to the English language, it is

• easy for actors to memorize

• easy for audience members and readers to understand

• set to the same beat as the human heart

• the most beautiful set of words ever written

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