Scansion Assignment by Hollis Wong-Wear | Mar 10, 2024 BACK TO LABS HOME PAGE [toolset_access role="Author" operator="allow"] BACK TO EVALUATOR HOME PAGE [/toolset_access] Assignment Name: Scansion Assignment Date Taken: March 10, 2024 ASSIGNMENT DETAILS: Scansion Assignment Part One Scan the following verses, marking: ictus, mora, virgule. Label each with its metrical form (e.g., “trochaic tetrameter”) Whene’er he heard a tale of woe From client A or client B, His grief would overcome him so, He’d scarce have strength to take his fee. meter:_________________________ Tokyo weather is mercifully Windy and blows away pessimists. meter:_________________________ What though I’m in a sorry case? What though I cannot meet my bills? What though I suffer toothache’s ills? What though I swallow countless pills? meter:_________________________ When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie You are feeling Italian and amorous, si? meter:_________________________ The other night, from cares exempt, I slept. And what d’you think I dreamt? I dreamt that somehow I had come To dwell in Topsy-Turveydom! meter:_________________________ You ask if sugar’s good for little boys And yet you buy them danger-laden toys. meter:_________________________ Bark. Bark. Woof. Woof. Rats. Cats. Bats. Food! meter:_________________________ You’ll see my name in lights again I’ll go from dark to brights again My spirits high as kites again I’ll never suffer slights again I’ll taste those sweet delights again No plethora of plights again No blossoming of blights again No frantic fits or frights again. meter:_________________________ “When do we eat?” said the master ventriloquist, Drinking a glassful of water and gargling. meter:_________________________ Part Two Scansion Assignment 2.1 - Write and scan eight lines of perfect iambic tetrameter using only masculine rhymes. Mark ictus, mora and virgule. Scansion Assignment 2.2 - Write and scan eight lines of perfect trochaic trimeter using only feminine rhymes. Mark ictus, mora and virgule. Scansion Assignment 2.3 - Write and scan eight lines of perfect dactylic trimeter using triple rhymes in even numbered lines. Mark ictus, mora and virgule. Scansion Assignment 2.4 - Write a quatrain, each line of which scans in exactly the following way: u u / │ u u / │ u u / │ u u / Print Assignment ================================================================================================ EVALUATION: Evaluation Date: March 14, 2024 Evaluation Grade: 72 / 80 Pass?: YES (a pass is 70) Evaluation Sound File: https://www.writingmusicaltheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/larrytodd/My-recording-33.mp3 ================================================================================================ UPLOAD YOUR ASSIGNMENT: DOCUMENT FILE: Scansion-Assignment-Part-One-Two.pdf LINK TO VIEW YOUR UPLOADED DOCUMENT FILE Note: You can only upload one document, so if your work for this Scansion Assignment Assignment is in more than one part, please combine it into one document before submitting. If you need to update your upload, click the "delete" link, and you will have the chance to upload a new file. If you are not able to upload your assignment, you still need to upload a document explaining the situation (so that your Evaluator will be alerted that you have completed the assignment); and then email the materials to your Evaluator, or let them know (in the uploaded document) how you intend to submit your materials. Ready to Submit Assignment?: NOT READY Assignment is ready for evaluation NO EMAIL [toolset_access role="Author" operator="allow"] ============================================================ EVALUATOR VIEW ONLY Evaluation Date: Grade: This assignment has 40 question(s); evaluated at 2 points each for a total of 80 available points. A passing grade is 70. Evaluation Sound File: My-recording-33.mp3 Evaluation Document File: Evaluation Note: Send Notification?: NO EMAIL Send Evaluation Ready Email NOTE: If sending a notification, remember to ALSO choose NO EMAIL in the student's "READY TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT?" drop-down box (located further up on this page), or else you will receive another email saying their assignment is ready for evaluation. BACK TO EVALUATOR HOME PAGE ============================================================== [/toolset_access] BACK TO LABS HOME PAGE
