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.

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

AN IAMB IS WHAT?

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IAMBIC PENTAMETER IS HOW MANY BEATS PER LINE?

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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

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WHEN READING SHAKESPEARE, WE MUST READ TO THE

___________________ TO GET THE COMPLETE IDEA.

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A FULL STOP SIGNIFIES WHICH PUNCTUATION MARK?

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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.

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

COMMAS OR SEMI-COLONS?

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WHAT IS BLANK VERSE?

• Something with a blank in it.

• Iambic pentameter

• Without rhyme

• Something that rhymes

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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!!!

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