Meter and Feet

Match the type of foot to the syllables

• unstressed - unstressed - stressed

• anapestic

• stressed - unstressed

• trochaic

• unstressed - stressed

• iambic

Match the type of meter to the number of feet in a line

• 3 feet

• monometer

• 2 feet

• tetrameter

• 5 feet

• pentameter

• 4 feet

• trimeter

• 1 foot

• dimeter

What would a line of Iambic Tetrameter look like? Draw the syllables using the symbols shown in the video.

What would a line of Anapestic Trimeter look like? Draw the syllables using the symbols shown in the video.

What would a line of Trochaic Pentameter look like? Draw the syllables using the symbols shown in the video.