Meter and Scansion

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

• beat
• meter
• poetry
• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.10

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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Iambic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many feet are in a pentameter?

• 10
• 11
• 4
• 5

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the stress composition of an iambic foot?

• u / 
• / u
• / / u 
• u / / 

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The process of marking meter is...

• Scansion
• The actual worst
• Rhyme scheme
• Uses the alphabet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If a line has two feet, it's...

• A couplet
• Dimeter
• A haiku
• A stanza

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If a line has five feet (10 syllables), it is...

• A pentagon
• Pentameter
• Quatrain
• Quintet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are the rules of free verse?

• They have a rhyme scheme but no rhythmic meter.
• They have no rules to follow. 
• They have no rhyme requirements but must follow a rhythmic scheme.
• They must be about heartbreak and hard times. 

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many feet are in a line written in tetrameter?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6

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CCSS.RL.7.4