wheram.blogg.se - Sonnet examples by students with 14 lines 10 syllables

Ex1: weak STRONG weak STRONG weak STRONG weak STRONG weak STRONG.Explain/show slide of what an iambic pentameter phrase consists of:.Then have each pair or group come up with a word from their current surroundings that is iambic in form.Have students work in pairs or small groups to mark iambic words: verbose, become, baboon, advance, buffoon, cocoon, bamboo (on word strips to put on wall).

Mark the stressed and unstressed syllablesĢ.If your 1st name is one syllable long write down your middle or last name instead. Write down your first name: the whole thing (no nicknames or abbreviations).in most languages syllables are either stressed or unstressed.for unstressed (slack) syllable- an (u) or "scoop" over the syllable (ŏ).for stressed syllable- an accent mark or slash over the syllable (/).markings to show stressed & unstressed syllables.

unstressed- one syllable voiced ("said") softer than another.

stressed syllable- one syllable voiced ("said") harder or stronger than another.

pentameter- 10 syllables per line with each.

iambic- one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

sonnet- a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.