It Measures Up!
The basic unit of measurement that is made up of one stressed syllable and at least one unstressed syllable is called this.
What is a foot?
There are this many syllables in the word below:
SYLLABLE
What are 3 syllables?
The word below represents one foot of this type of rhythm.
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Walking
What is trochee?
The line of poetry represents this rhythm and meter when scansion is applied.
/ U / U / U /
Let us|go then,|you and| I
What is trochaic trimeter with a male ending (three feet of trochee ending with a single stressed syllable)?
Keep It R.E.A.L. stands for this.
What is Respect, Engage, Ask, Lead.
A foot of poetry that begins with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called this.
What is iamb?
This line of poetry has this many syllables.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
What are 8 syllables?
The word below represents this type of rhythm.
/ U U
Gentlemen!
What is dactylic?
The following line shows this type of rhythm and meter when scansion is used.
U U / U U /
On a day|like today
What is anapestic dimeter (two feet of anapest)?
Keeping it P.G. when giving responses to questions and prompts means this in our English Language Arts class.
What is Phoenix Guidlines?
There are this many feet in the line of poetry below.
U / U / U / U /
Whose woods|these are|I think|I know
What are 4 feet?
There are this many syllables in the word below.
Crash!
What is 1?
The word below represents this type of rhythm.
U U /
understand
What is anapest?
This line from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Beatles uses this type of meter and rhythm.
/ U U / U U / U U / U U
Picture your|self in a|boat on a|river with
What is dactylic tetrameter (four feet of dactylic)?
"To be or not to be" comes from this play written by William Shakespeare.
What is Hamlet?
This is the type of rhythm represented in the line of poetry below.
U / U / U / U /
Whose woods|these are|I think|I know
What is trochee (or trochaic)?
Syllables are based on this, not how many vowels are present in the word.
What are vowel sounds?
This word represents this type of rhythm.
U /
exist
What is iamb?
This line of poetry is written in this type of meter and rhythm.
U / U / U / U /
That age|is best|which is|the first
What is iambic tetrameter (four feet of iamb)?
These are the two programs that we use for credit recovery during Delta.
What are Odyssey and Edgenuity?
The rhythm and meter of this line of poetry put together after scansion would be called this.
U / U / U / U /
Whose woods|these are|I think|I know
What is iambic tetrameter?
This poem has this many syllables.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My feet stink
And so do you.
What are 15 syllables?
The words below use this type of rhythm.
U U /
What the heck?
What is anapest?
This famous line that Tweety Bird says every time Sylvester the Cat is spotted uses this type of rhythm and meter.
U / U / U / U /
I thought|I saw|a pud|dycat!
What is iambic tetrameter (four feet of iamb)?
True or false. The character education classes at the Phoenix Academy count towards elective credit in the great state of Texas.
What is true?