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Which sentence is consistently iambic?

A. Eleven runners ran.
B. Write to the president. C.Robert ruined Christmas.
D. In the sun we can play.

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Answer:

The sentence that is consistently iambic is:

A. Eleven runners ran.

Step-by-step explanation:

An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. If we have three iambs, we say the line is written in iambic trimeter; four iambs, iambic tetrameter; five, iambic pentameter. In option A, we have a iambic line. Let's highlight the stressed syllables so that we can count how many iambs there are:

A. Eleven runners ran.

As we can see, we have three iambs, that is, three sequences of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one: 1. elev; 2. en run; 3. ners ran. Therefore, we can say option A is consistently iambic, being an iambic trimeter.

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