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Mechanics of a Sonnet

Authored by Anne Bishoff

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 35+ times

Mechanics of a Sonnet
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are in a sonnet?

14

10

20

16

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What are the two most common forms of sonnets?

Spenserian

Petrarchan

Shakespearean

Gregorian

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the first group of lines called in a Petrarchan sonnet?

Quatrain

Sestet

Couplet

Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the first group of lines called in a Shakespearean sonnet?

Quatrain

Sestet

Couplet

Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A sonnet is split into two sections; in a Petrarach sonnet, what is the second group of lines called?

Quatrain

Sestet

Couplet

Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What are the two defining characteristics of an iamb?

a foot x 5

stressed/unstressed

unstressed/stressed

five lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In a sonnet, how many iambs are there in each line?

four

ten

fourteen

five

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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