Year 8 English All words with more than one syllable are made up of stressed and unstressed syllables a lone The kitten is all alone alone aLONE x ID: 311134
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Iambic Pentameter
Year
8
EnglishSlide2
All words with more than one syllable are made up of stressed and unstressed syllablesSlide3
alone Slide4
The kitten is all aloneSlide5
a/lone Slide6
a/LONE Slide7
x / a/LONE dee DUM [rising rhythm]Slide8
ShakespeareSlide9
Shake/speareSlide10
/ xSHAKE/speare DUM dee [falling rhythm]Slide11
So what is the meter of your last name? Slide12
Meter definition = In poetry, meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse.Slide13
This is the rhythm of wordsSlide14
/ x x / x x /THIS is the RHYthm of WORDSSlide15
Poets use the rhythm of language to help convey their message. Slide16
/ x / x / x x / x x /POets USE the RHYthm of LAnguage to HELP
x / x / x
con
VEY
their
MESS
age
. Slide17
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Romeo and Juliet Slide18
x / x / x / x / x But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow
/
BREAKS
?
Romeo and Juliet
Slide19
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Macbeth IV.i.71Slide20
x / x / x / x /MacBETH! MacBETH! MacBETH! BeWARE
x
/
Mac
DUFF
!
Macbeth
IV.i.71Slide21
Everyday language I’d like to have another cup of tea Slide22
Everyday language x / x / x / x / x / I’d like to have another
cup
of
tea
Slide23
Lines like these are written in
IAMBIC PENTAMETERSlide24
What is iambic pentameter?Slide25
An iamb is a type of foot Slide26
XSlide27
iamb = metrical foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable x / to/NIGHT dee DUMSlide28
You only have to listen to the beatSlide29
x / x / x / x / x /you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEATSlide30
This line is built with iambs Therefore this line is iambic x / x / x / x / x /you ONly
HAVE
to
LI
sten
TO
the
BEATSlide31
How many iambs are in this line? x / x / x / x / x /you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the
BEATSlide32
How many iambs are in this line? 5 x / x / x / x / x /you ONly HAVE to LI
sten
TO
the
BEATSlide33
How many iambs are in this line? 5The Ancient Greek word for five is pente x / x / x / x / x /
you
ON
ly
HAVE
to
LI
sten
TO
the
BEATSlide34
Iambic pentameter x / x / x / x / x /you ONly HAVE
to
LI
sten
TO
the
BEATSlide35
YOUR TURN!! Write one sentence in iambic pentameter – share with the person next to you Slide36
In pairs, write 5 lines using an iambic pentameter rhythm.You may wish to (but don’t have to!) start with…. x / x / x / x / x / x / Today in class….. Today we learnt…. Tonight I will…