Using the method of scansion, match each poetry excerpt to the correct rhythm and meter. trochaic octameter (The foot has a
stressed syllable followed by an
unstressed syllable. This pattern
repeats eight times in each line.)
iambic pentameter (The foot has
an unstressed syllable followed by
a stressed syllable. This pattern
repeats five times in each line.)
iambic heptameter (The foot has
an unstressed syllable followed
by a stressed syllable. This pattern
repeats seven times in each line.)
dactylic tetrameter (The foot has a
stressed syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables. This pattern
repeats four times in each line.)
O could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been

(Lord Byron, “Youth and Age”)

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

(Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”)

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Just for a handful of silver he left us

(Robert Browning, “The Lost Leader”)

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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

(William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18)

What is a hyperbole in the book messenger

Johnny just received a failing grade on his science exam. lucy oversaw johnny’s paper, and she asked him about it. johnny snapped at her shouting, “it’s none of your business! ” which of the following is the psychological response johnny exhibited towards lucy? select one: a. dismay b. irritability c. hesitation d. hopelessness

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.