Shakespeare, Blank Verse & Iambic Pentameter in Julius Caesar

WHAT IS IAMBIC PENTAMETER?

• A form of free verse without any specific meter.
• A type of poem with alternating rhyme schemes.
• A metrical line of verse with six iambs.
• A metrical line of verse with five iambs, each consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER, EACH LINE IS MADE OF FIVE "IAMBS."

AN IAMB IS WHAT?

IAMBIC PENTAMETER IS HOW MANY BEATS PER LINE?

NOT ALL SHAKESPEAREAN LINES ARE COMPLETE THOUGHTS, BUT CONTINUE TO THE NEXT LINE

TO FINISH THE CHARACTER'S DIALOGUE. WHAT IS THIS CALLED?

• INDUCEMENT

• BLANK VERSE

• NO CLUE

• ENJAMBMENT

WHEN READING SHAKESPEARE, WE MUST READ TO THE

___________________ TO GET THE COMPLETE IDEA.

A FULL STOP SIGNIFIES WHICH PUNCTUATION MARK?

WHAT IS

STICHOMYTHIA?

• A form of monologue in theater.
• A narrative technique involving flashbacks.
• A form of dialogue in literature with alternating lines between characters.
• A type of poetic meter used in sonnets.

WHEN READING SHAKESPEARE, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE GET TO

COMMAS OR SEMI-COLONS?

WHAT IS BLANK VERSE?

• Something with a blank in it.

• Iambic pentameter

• Without rhyme

• Something that rhymes

JULIUS CAESAR IS WRITTEN IN BLANK VERSE.

SO WHY ARE SOME LINES IN THE TEXT SHORTER OR LONGER?

• Differences in pronunciation

• 11 Syllables is a weak meter variation to show a character's lack of certainty or fragility

• A switch to prose shows character is speaking from the head, not the heart

• I HAVE NO IDEA!!!