Scansion

How many feet are in a pentameter?

• 10

• 11

• 4

• 5

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the stress composition of an iambic foot?

• u / 

• / u

• / / u 

• u / / 

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If a line has two feet, it's...

• couplet

• Dimeter

• haiku

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If a line has five feet (10 syllables), it is...

• pentagon

• Pentameter

• Quatrain

• Quintet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

How many feet are in a line written in tetrameter?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

• U /  U /  U /  U /  U / 

• / U  / U  / U  / U  / U 

• U U / U U / U U /  U U / 

• U / U / U / U /

There are _____ metrical feet in a verse of Dactylic Hexameter.

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the meter of this stanza? (Hint: count the feet) 
"I wish you sang with notes like chimes and bells-
And called me with your silken voice so sweet-"

• Iambic Tetrameter

• Iambic Octave

• Iambic Monometer

• Iambic Pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

How many beats are in an iamb?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

anapest or anapestic

• unstressed stressed

• stressed unstressed

• unstressed unstressed stressed

• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4