1. Iambic Pentameter The Language of Shakespeare

2. Listen to my Sentences What’s Wrong?  John, can you open up the window?  I will do that happily.  I put the emphasis on the wrong syllable

3. What’s Wrong? Incorrect Emphasis, or Stress  John, can you open up the wind ow ?  I will do that hap pi ly.  I put the em pha sis on the wrong syl la ble

4. That’s Better! Correct Emphasis, or Stress  John, can you open up the win dow?  I will do that hap pily.  I put the em phasis on the wrong syl lable

5. How many syllables? Window Win dow 1 2 1 2 Happily Hap pi ly 1 2 3 1 2 3 Forgettable For get ta ble 1 23 4 1 23 4

6. Which Syllable is Stressed? (or emphasized) Window Win dow 1 2 1 2 Happily Hap pi ly 1 2 3 1 2 3 Forgettable For get ta ble 1 23 4 1 23 4 / /          /         

7. How to mark poetry  / is the symbol for a stressed syllable.   is the symbol for an unstressed syllable.  I like to eat my food because it’s good / / / / /               

8. Prose Writing versus Poetry  Romeo and Juliet is written in both prose and poetry.  Prose is like the writing we normally read, as in paragraph writing  In the play, prose is usually spoken by the common people and occasionally by Mercutio when he is joking.

9. Prose Writing versus Poetry  Romeo and Juliet is written in both prose and poetry.  Poetry is writing that has words that follow a pattern or contain poetic elements like meter, rhythm, and figurative language  Poetry is what most of the characters speak. The kind of poetry they speak is blank verse.

10. Blank Verse  Blank Verse –Poetry that is unrhymed (Blank means that the words do not rhyme) –Poetry that is written in Iambic Pentameter.

11. Iambic Meter Iambic meter happens when a stressed syllable follows an unstressed syllable.  Example:The word prefer   /  pre – fer  This sound is similar to your heartbeat: ta-tum, ta-tum, ta-tum

12. Iambic Pentameter  An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (  / ) is called an iambic unit.  Iambic pentameter means that there are 5 (penta) of these units (  / ) in each line. Here is an example:   /  /  /  /  /  But Soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

13. The Body Bag  Line 1My mom decided to get me a cat  Line 2I cried so hard I needed a tissue  Line 3I was so glad I just fell down and sat  Line 4Down on the ground, it became an issue  Line 5I looked around and saw a big turtle  Line 6With a sad face that looked a little orange  Line 7He said to me “can you fix my girdle?  Line 8It feels just like an old rusty door hinge  Line 9Just then I saw a bright flash of silver  Line 10As bright as gold and shiny platinum  Line 11My mom shot the turtle in the liver  Line 12Her smoking gun rang out and flattened him  Line 13I realize as I see our dear old flag  Line 14I could have been placed in a body bag

14. The Dumb Fat Dog  Line 1I looked outside and saw a little dog  Line 2I called to him and offered him some milk  Line 3I thought the milk might lift his mood of fog  Line 4and make his coat as soft and smooth as silk  Line 5He looked at me just like a sly old cat  Line 6and said “No way, I won’t eat here today  Line 7‘Cause I don’t want to end up big and fat  Line 8So now I only eat up straw and hay.  Line 9Sometimes I eat old pieces of paper,  Line 10I once wolfed down a rotten piece of fish  Line 11A girl complained so I threw up on her  Line 12“Get lost, and don’t come back” I heard her wish  Line 13The next time I will look to find a cat  Line 14‘Cause dogs are as dumb as a paper hat