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UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

Basic Education Department
Manila
Senior High School

ACTIVITY NO. _5_

Name: _________________________________ Score: ____________________

Strand and Section: ________________________ Date: _____________________

Subject Title: __________________________________ Subject Code: __________________

Activity Title: Poetry: Rhythm and Meter

Type of Activity: Concept notes, exercises
Learning Targets: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to identify the different kinds of poetic
meter.
References: Diwa Senior High School Series: Creative Writing, 2017

Concept Notes (10pts)

Syllable A syllable is a single unit of sound in a
word, consisting of a vowel sound with or without
surrounding consonant
e.g. bottle has 2 syllables (bo-ttle), magnificent has

Foot A foot is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables. There are many different
possible combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables, and thus many different types of
feet.