Shakespeare Plays & Devices

Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

• a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Who created the sonnet?

• Petrarch
• Wyatt
• Shakespeare
• Burbage

How many lines are in a sonnet? 

• 12
• 14
• 10
• 16

A metrical foot consisting of two syllables in an unaccented, accented pattern.

• trochee

• dactyl

• anapest

• iamb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. They end a Shakespearean sonnet.

• Sestet

• Iamb

• Quatrain

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A joke that results from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds, e.g., A horse is a very stable animal.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Chorus

• Oliloquy

A 14-line poem, typically about love or romance, that contains three quatrains (sets of four lines) and a rhyming couplet. Written in iambic pentameter, and follow the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

• Iambic pentameter

• Sonnet

• Blank verse

• Chorus

A form of poetry that most resembles natural speech. It is made up of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

• Rhyming couplet

• Oxymoron

• Blank verse

• Comic relief

A protagonist, or central character, who falls or dies because of a character flaw or cruel twist of fate.

• Foil

• Blank verse

• Aside

• Tragic hero

When a character speaks in order to be heard by the audience but not, supposedly, by the other characters.

• Pun

• Dramatic irony

• Chorus

• Aside