syllables and iambic pentameter
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Syllables
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Syllables are chunks or beats of sound
Syllables
What are syllables?
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How many syllables does this word have?
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jump
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How many syllables does this word have?
Syllables
jumping
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How many syllables does this word have?
Syllables
jumping
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How many syllables does this word have?
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help
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How many syllables does this word have?
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hello
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How many syllables does this word have?
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hello
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How many syllables does this word have?
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pencil
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How many syllables does this word have?
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pencil
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How many syllables does this word have?
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clock
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How many syllables does this word have?
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table
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How many syllables does this word have?
Syllables
table
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How many syllables does this word have?
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happy
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How many syllables does this word have?
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happy
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How many syllables does this word have?
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school
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How many syllables does this word have?
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Liverpool
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How many syllables does this word have?
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Liverpool
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How many syllables does this word have?
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carefully
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How many syllables does this word have?
Syllables
carefully
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How many syllables does this word have?
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mummy
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How many syllables does this word have?
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mummy
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How many syllables does this word have?
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computer
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How many syllables does this word have?
Syllables
computer
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What is a stressed syllable?
• stress is the emphasis that may be given to certain syllable(s) in a word.
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Example:
• excitement
• ex – cite – ment
• ex – cite – ment
• Mississippi
• Miss – is – sip – pi
• Miss – is – sip - pi
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Sometimes, we call.....
stressed syllables, accented syllables.
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A stress or an accent mark....
is placed above the syllable with the strongest sound
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Example:• excellent
• spaghetti
• wonderful
• intense
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Quick Class Assignment
1. Look up any ten words in the dictionary each with 2 or more syllables.
2. Write the word normally.
3. Then, write the dictionary suggestion dividing the syllables.
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Example:
• teacher = teach – er
• power = po – wer
• hippopotamus = hip – po – pot – a - mus
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What is an iamb?
• It is a two syllable set where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed
• They are called “couplets.”
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The iamb is very commom in the English
language.
We often speak in iambic pentameter without even realizing it!
iambic pentameter are 5 iambs or couplets in a row
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Take a look....
• I’d like to have you meet a friend of mine.
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Look at the following song from “The Hobbit”
Can you figure out the iambs?
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The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath.
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The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath.
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Now it’s your turn....
• Try to write 2 lines of poetry where each line contains 5 iambs
• If you succeed, you will have written your poem in iambic pentameter!