Iambic Pentameter Review

True or False: Shakespeare favored iambic pentameter.

• True

• False

An iamb is a foot of two syllables with an unstressed (weak) syllable followed by a stressed (strong) syllable.

The word "stress" in this case refers to:

• a state of mental or emotional strain or tension

• the way we emphasize certain syllable

• the way we emphasize certain words

• Both B & C

Which words are the iambs? (Hint: Which words have exactly TWO syllables?)

• compare

• happily

• summer

• lovely

• destroy

What does the root “pent” mean? (Think about the word pentagon.)

• four

• five

• six

• seven

What is a "dactyl"

• A meterical foot of two syllables

• A baby dinosaur

• A meterical foot of three syllables

• A type of poetic rhythm

What is a trochee?

• a three-syllable long metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.

• Three lines of poetry

• Three words put together

• a two-syllable long metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.

Why is an iamb called a "reverse trochee" ?

• The first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed

• The first syllable is stressed and the second syllable is unstressed

True or False: Iambic Pentameter was Shakespeare's Favorite

• True

• False

Iambic Pentameter means

• each line of verse is made up of five two syllable iambs

• there are only 5 lines in the entire poem

• there are only 10 syllables in the poem

• none of the above

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