1. Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter
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2. Key Vocabulary
Blank verse: a category of poetry based on unrhymed lines and a definite meter, usually of iambic pentameter
Meter: the number of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Iambic pentameter: a line of poetry that includes 5 meters (2 syllables each); ie. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
Verse poetry: poetry that has both a consistent meter and a rhyme scheme

3. Fun Fact
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, some have 104,000 lines! 7% are rhyming; 65% are blank verse; 28% are prose (stories)

4. But screw your courage to the stickling place,
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep--
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
-Macbeth, Lady Macbeth

5. Iambic Pentameter
Iamb: the first syllable is stressed and the second is unstressed
Foot: every two syllables
Pentameter is five feet in a line (10 syllables)
It is the rhythm of the heart
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6. Group Work
Worksheet Two-Literary Analysis: Blank Verse Worksheet One- Reading Strategy: Blank Verse

7. Extra Credit Homework
Explain what iambic pentameter is and then demonstrate how to “mark it up” using the lines provided