What is iambic pentameter?
Shakespeare - Style Research

Quiz
•
English
•
9th Grade
•
Easy
Timothy Fletcher
Used 2+ times
FREE Resource
8 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A type of rhyme scheme
A metrical pattern with five unstressed-stressed syllable pairs
A type of prose Shakespeare used
A dialogue form used in comedies
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line from Romeo and Juliet is an example of iambic pentameter?
“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
“But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?”
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The prologue of Romeo and Juliet is an example of a Shakespearean ______.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shakespeare only used rhymed couplets at the beginning of scenes.
True
False
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do you think Shakespeare used blank verse for most dialogue?
To make the text rhyme all the time
To show the character is singing
To make it difficult for actors to memorize lines
To keep a formal yet natural-sounding rhythm
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following are true about rhymed couplets in Shakespeare’s plays?
They are used to signal the end of a scene.
They are written in prose.
They often emphasize key points or emotional moments.
They are used randomly without purpose.
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the terms with their correct definitions:
A line with five iambs
Sonnet
14-line poem with specific rhyme scheme
Rhymed Couplet
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
Two consecutive lines with end rhymes
Iambic Pentameter
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
Do you feel you are able to identify iambic pentameter in texts?
Yes
No
Wherefore?
Similar Resources on Wayground
11 questions
Shakespeare Quiz

Quiz
•
9th Grade
12 questions
Lit Devices #4

Quiz
•
9th Grade
13 questions
Poetry Terminology quiz

Quiz
•
7th - 12th Grade
11 questions
Drama Vocabulary

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
7 questions
Sonnet Review

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
10 questions
Identifying the Iambic Pentameter

Quiz
•
8th Grade - University
10 questions
Sonnet

Quiz
•
9th Grade
12 questions
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2 Review

Quiz
•
9th Grade
Popular Resources on Wayground
25 questions
Equations of Circles

Quiz
•
10th - 11th Grade
30 questions
Week 5 Memory Builder 1 (Multiplication and Division Facts)

Quiz
•
9th Grade
33 questions
Unit 3 Summative - Summer School: Immune System

Quiz
•
10th Grade
10 questions
Writing and Identifying Ratios Practice

Quiz
•
5th - 6th Grade
36 questions
Prime and Composite Numbers

Quiz
•
5th Grade
14 questions
Exterior and Interior angles of Polygons

Quiz
•
8th Grade
37 questions
Camp Re-cap Week 1 (no regression)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review

Quiz
•
10th Grade