Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Stressed and Unstressed Syllables

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RI.9-10.4, RL.8.10

+20

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is an anapestic?

one unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

three unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is 2 metrical feet?

dimeter

monometer

tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What are 5 metrical feet called in a poem

pentameter

pentagon

peloton

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Has a regular pattern or stressed and Unstressed syllables

Rhythm

Sounds that exactly rhyme

Slant Rhythms

Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Shakespearean sonnet with a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Romeo And Julliet

Rhyme Scheme

Personification

Limerick

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Term that refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter

flat character

folklore

feminine ending

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Iamb

Has two syllables. The first is unstressed and the second is stressed.

Has two syllables. The first is stressed and the second is unstressed.

Has three syllables. The first two are unstressed and the third is stressed.

Has three syllables. The first two are stressed and the third is unstressed.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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