Shakespeare's Language

Pentameter means the line has 5 iambs

__________ is the name given to the rhythm of a poem.

A couplet is 3 lines that share syllable count and rhymed

The type of poetry that Shakespeare used was

In Shakespeare’s plays, working-class characters generally spoke in prose.

A __________ is a two-syllable foot in a line of poetry

Blank Verse is unrhymed poetry with meter

Which one of these is NOT a characteristic of a sonnet?

In Shakespeare’s plays, blank verse was used for the noblest characters (kings/queens) or spirits .

Prose is speech or written dialogue in unusual sentence form

Shakespeare wrote his plays using

Meter is a pattern of accented syllables