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Poetry Scansion

Authored by Susan Hedgcock

English

9th Grade - University

CCSS covered

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Poetry Scansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)

beat
meter
poetry
rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 

verse
alliteration
stanza
enjambment

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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anapest or anapestic

unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
unstressed unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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trochee or trochaic 

unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
unstressed unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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dactyl or dactyllic

unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
unstressed stressed stressed
stressed unstressed unstressed

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Iambic

unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
unstressed unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )

anapest
dactyl
iamb
trochee

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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