Mod 8 Lesson 1

Question 1

rhythm is commonly referred to as

Answer 1

meter

Question 2

feet are

Answer 2

the basic rhythmic units

Question 3

meter is

Answer 3

rhythmic pattern

Question 4

how do feet relate to syllables?

Answer 4

feet are groups of syllables

Question 5

What creates the sense of rhythm in English is the interplay of _________ and _________ syllables.

Answer 5

emphasized, unemphasized

Question 6

How to mark emphasis

Answer 6

use a segment of the line y=x

Question 7

What is scanning?

Answer 7

Diagramming lines to mark their rhythm

Question 8

What is an iamb?

Answer 8

a unit or foot

Question 9

iambic pentameter

Answer 9

five imabic feet in the line

Question 10

What is a dactyl?

Answer 10

one emphasized syllable followed by two unemphasized ones

Question 11

dactylic tetrameter

Answer 11

4 dactyls in a line

Question 12

In Latin, emphasis is _____ to rhythm

Answer 12

irrelevant

Question 13

How is rhythm in Latin achieved?

Answer 13

Rhythm is achieved by varying between long and short syllables

Question 14

Roughly speaking, long syllables take ____ as long to say as short ones – ___ beats versus one beat.

Answer 14

twice, two

Question 15

In English, we can also create a sense of rhythm (especially when singing, or rapping) by deliberately pronouncing syllables quickly or slowly, but

Answer 15

that’s not how it works in Latin

Question 16

In Latin words, the length of a syllable is _____

Answer 16

built-in

Question 17

A Latin word has as many syllables as it has ____ or _____

Answer 17

vowels, dipthongs

Question 18

What is a dipthong?

Answer 18

a single vowel sound represented in writing by two vowels

Question 19

Only dipthongs Latin uses:

Answer 19

Ae, au, ei, eu (rare), oe, ui (e.g. “cui”)