L740A Scansion Basics Review

What is the syllable pattern of a DACTYL?

• long long

• long short short

• short long

• long short long

What metrical foot features a LONG LONG syllable pattern?

• dactyl

• iamb

• spondee

• trochee

Check all the reasons that a syllable might be LONG.

• part of a diphthong

• followed by 2 or more consonants

• followed by the letter -m

• macron (long mark)

• preceded by the letter -h

What do you call a combination of 2 vowels that makes one (long) syllable? [e.g. ae, oi, au]

• macron

• hiatus

• elision

• diphthong

How many syllables does this word have?

"quaestione"

• three

• four

• five

• zero

How many feet are in a line of dactylic hexameter?

• four

• five

• six

• eleven

When one word ends with a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel, the first vowel gets absorbed by the second vowel and is not scanned. This is called:

• hiatus

• elision

• caesura

• assonance

In the original Latin alphabet, what TWO letters could be either a vowel or a consonant, depending on their placement in the word?

• -u

• -h

• -i

• -x

• -z

According to a random rule of scansion, what two consonants can sometimes be disregarded when following another consonant, allowing the vowel in front of them to be short?

• CK (Calvin Klein)

• CD (Christian Dior)

• DG (Dolce & Gabbana)

• RL (Ralph Lauren)

If you were to guess, how many syllables would be in a line of "hendecasyllabic" meter?

• ten

• eleven

• twelve

• twenty