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Enjambment & Iambic Pentameter

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is enjambment?

a)

which special intensity is given to the expressions of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style

b)

when a line breaks before completing a grammatical unit that can stand on its own

c)

a line of verse with five metrical feet, containing ten stressed or unstressed syllables

d)

a word or phrasing naming an attribute

2.

What is Iambic Pentameter ?

a)

a line of verse with five metrical feet, containing ten stressed or unstressed syllables

b)

a word or phrase naming an attribute

c)

which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style

d)

when a line breaks before completing a grammatical unit that can stand on its own

3.

Does the first part of an enjambment make sense ?

a)

no

b)

yes

4.

Which is an example of enjambment ?

a)

And for the peace of you I hold such strive

As twist a miser and his wealth is found

b)

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free

The holy time is quiet as a Nun

c)

Breathless with adoration, the broad sun

Is sinking down in its tranquility

d)

Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure

5.

An enjambment maintains a...?

a)

conjunction

b)

verb

c)

metrical pattern

d)

rhyme

6.

Iambic Pentameter contains...?

a)

four syllables

b)

twenty syllables

c)

one syllable

d)

ten syllables

7.

Which is an example of Iambic Pentameter ?

a)

As calling home our exiled friends abroad

b)

Home I go, never come back

c)

Once upon a time there was a small quiet turtle

d)

Shakespeare Sonnet 75

8.

Iambic Pentameter contains...?

a)

three iambic feet

b)

thirty iambic feet

c)

four iambic feet

d)

five iambic feet