Shakespeare/Iambic Pentameter

Shakespeare wrote in...

• diameter

• trochaic triameter

• rhymes

• iambic pentameter

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This is written in iambic pentameter: Your fingerprints were all around the room.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is written in iambic pentameter: You changed your name but couldn't change your face.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why would a poet break their form?

• To annoy you

• To make you confused

• To change the mood/tone

• Just cause!

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

This is written in iambic petameter: Take the trash with you on the way out.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Which sentence is written in iambic pentameter?

• There's something hiding underneath my bed.

• I wish I had ice cream.

• Look out for that bird!

• I don't like spaghetti.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Why would a poet break form?

• To make you upset

• To draw attention to a certain line

• To show how the speaker doesn't remember their lines

• To show that it's okay to make mistakes

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5