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Iambic pentameter

Authored by Chiara Caputo

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 39+ times

Iambic pentameter
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What’s one of the most important things in Shakespeare’s language?

His use of paradoxes

His use of stress

The meter

2.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

(a)   is the way we emphasize certain syllables in words more than others.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did poets use stress in their poems?

To keep the audience engaged

To create tension

To create rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an iamb?

A two-syllable foot.

A three-syllable foot.

A one-syllable foot.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Shakespeare's characters often speak in iambic pentameter when they are feeling (a)   .

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is NOT a type of metrical foot?

Ptero

Iamb

Dactyl

Trochee

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word Iamb is pronounced just like the phrase...

I've

I am

I have

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

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