Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnets

Which sonnet has three quatrains and one couplet?

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakesperean Sonnet

• Filipino Sonnet

• Quintillan Sonnet

An Italian sonnet has..

• 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
• 1 Octave, 2 Couplets 
• 1 Octave, 1 Sestet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Her eyes shine like the morning sun
• His dog eats a boat load of food
• The walls stretch to the ceiling 
• Our classroom is a zoo

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Ronsard
• Petrarch
• Dante Alighieri
• Shakespeare 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?

• 14 lines
• specific sound devices
• specific rhyme scheme
• specific rhythm

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?

• iambic pentameter 
• iambic monometer 
• trochaic tetrameter
• No rhythmic meter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How many feet are in a pentameter?

• 10
• 11
• 4
• 5

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10