Rhythm Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Iambic composed of iambs daDAH Trochaic composed of trochees DAHda Anapestic composed of anapests dadaDAH Dactylic composed of dactyls DAHdada ID: 472392
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How do prose writers use poetic elements?Slide2
Rhythm
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Iambic:
composed of iambs (da-DAH)
Trochaic:
composed of trochees (DAH-da)
Anapestic:
composed of anapests (da-da-DAH)
Dactylic:
composed of dactyls (DAH-da-da)
Spondaic:
composed of spondees (DAH-DAH) (This is rare
)
Exercise:
Figure out the rhythmic pattern of your name.Slide3
Examples
“Virtue”
What rhythm is he using?
Does
the rhythm change?
If so, where
and why?
What’s
the effect
?
Macbeth
What is the rhythm?
What
atmosphere does it create?
How
is it different from the iambic rhythm
?Slide4
Exercise
Write a sentence that captures the rhythm of water using
anapests (da-da-DAH).
What is the effect?Slide5
Pacing
Writers can control the speech with which readers go through a passage.
Length of words: one syllable words can slow things down
Line
length: Prose writers can vary
line length for impact. Slide6
Examples
Discuss how Creech uses line length
and
to what effect.Slide7
Exercise
Describe a car crash.
Convey
the chaos
by…
making
a chaotic
rhythm
putting
short and long sentences
together
using a mix of one syllable and multisyllabic words. Slide8
Sound
Vowels and Consonants
Alliteration (repeated consonant sounds) and Assonance (repeated vowel sounds) have a chiming effect; echoes, creates connections within the text
Vowel length: short and long vowels, vowels of different kinds create different moods
Rhyming:
Full rhyme: moon, June
Slant rhyme: vowel sounds are not exactSlide9
Example
How is Walsh using alliteration
and
assonance to effect in this passage?Slide10
Exercises
W
rite
a sentence describing a sunset. Create a slow pace and a darkening mood by using repeated long vowels such as “o.
”
Write a sentence describing a sunrise. Create a lightening mood by using repeated long “
i
” sounds.Slide11
Commentary Practice
Do a close reading of the passage from Cormac McCarthy’s
The Road
. Pay attention to how
McCarthy uses _____ to create a mood and impact
meaning:
Rhythm
Line and word length
Sounds (Vowels
and
Consonants)
Also consider how he uses other poetic techniques, such as powerful images with compressed meaning.