Rhythm Values

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound

• imagery

• rhythm

• rhyme

• simile

Identify the correct rhythm value in the following sentence: 'The cat sat on the mat.'

• Iambic

• Trochaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

Which of the following sentences has a trochaic rhythm?

• The sun sets in the west.

• Peter Piper picked a peck.

• The rain in Spain stays mainly.

• To be or not to be.

What is the rhythm value of the sentence: 'To be or not to be, that is the question.'

• Iambic

• Spondaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

Choose the sentence with an anapestic rhythm.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• In the blink of an eye.

• The sun sets in the west.

• To be or not to be.

Which sentence demonstrates a dactylic rhythm?

• The cat sat on the mat.

• In the blink of an eye.

• The sun sets in the west.

• Hickory dickory dock.

Identify the rhythm value in the following line: 'Double, double toil and trouble.'

• Iambic

• Trochaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

What is the rhythm value of the phrase: 'Over the river and through the woods'?

• Iambic

• Trochaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

Which of the following lines is an example of iambic pentameter?

• The sun sets in the west.

• To be or not to be, that is the question.

• Peter Piper picked a peck.

• Hickory dickory dock.

Choose the line with a spondaic rhythm.

• Heartbreak, sunset.

• The cat sat on the mat.

• In the blink of an eye.

• To be or not to be.