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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?12161014
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe first twelve lines of a sonnettell you the problem or themedo not rhymeresolve the problemall of the above
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe last two lines of a sonnet are called a rhyming couplet.truefalse
- 4. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of five syllables.truefalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAn iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. An example of an iamb would be good BYE.TrueFalse
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA line of iambic pentameter flows like this:
BAboom / BAboom / BAboom / baBAboom / BAboom.TrueFalse - 8. Multiple ChoiceSonnets include a volta, or turn, where there's a change in the speaker's voice or attitude toward the problem.truefalse
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Shakespearean sonnet can also be called the
Elizabethan or English Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAll of Shakespearean Sonnets rhyme.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with five lines each.TrueFalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA quatrain contains2 lines of poetry3 lines of poetry4 lines of poetry5 lines of poetry
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow many quatrains are contained in an English Sonnet?1234
- 14. Multiple Choice
In Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, "the eye of heaven" is...
God; metaphor
the moon; a simile
the sun; a metaphor
a cyclops; onomatopoeia
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA line of iambic pentameter includes 10 iambs.truefalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA line of iambic pentameter includes 10 syllables.truefalse
- 17. Multiple Choice
There are fewer than 40 days of school left. :)
True, and YAY!
Bummer! I want more school. EDUCATE ME!!!!!
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