1. Sounds BIG and SCA ry, BUT what DOES it MEAN?
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Sounds BIG and SCA ry, BUT what DOES it MEAN?

2. PENTAgon = Numerical Prefixes UNIcycle = BIcycle = TRIangle =
QUADrilateral =
PENTAgon =
HEXAgon =

3. Iambic Pentameter IAMB = metrical FOOT with one unstressed
syllable and a 2nd STRESSED syllable.
PENTA = FIVE!

4. 1 2 3
Ta-TUM
Five Feet! 4 5

5. Shall I
com PARE
thee TO
a SUM-
mer’s DAY?

6. How sweet
the moon
light sleeps
upon
this bank!

7. WHY did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter?
To show emotion or importance
Shakespeare was meant to be heard! It made it easier for the audience to follow the lines.
It helped the actors to memorize their lines.
It made sure that the actors emphasized the words Shakespeare wanted to emphasize.

8. Watch where your stressed syllables fall…
As YOU can SEE it’s NOT that HARD to LEARN.
You CAN see it’s not THAT hard TO learn THIS.
Which sounds better??
But I am GIV ing YOU a BET ter CAR.
I AM giv ING you A bet TER car TOO.

9. Living iambic pentameter
DO!
Living iambic pentameter

10. In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

11. It wearies me, you say it wearies you

12. And such a want-wit sadness makes of me

13. That I have much ado to know myself.