Meter and Rhyme in Poetry

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called

• meter

• rhyme

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following best illustrates a trochee?

• ^. /

• / ^.

• / / ^.

• / /

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is Iambic

• ^. /

• / .

• ^{. .}

• / /

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the meter used in this line?

"Kings and queens do often sleep here."

• iambic

• trochaic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What meter is typically used for the word "English"

• iambic

• trochaic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What meter is typically used for the word "carrot"

• iambic

• trochaic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What meter is this line of poetry using?

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

• iambic

• trochaic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9