Sonnet 18

Which poetic device is used in the following line of Sonnet 18: "Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade"

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Allitteration

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is the poet addressing?

• a summer's day

• nature

• his lover

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What was the name of the poetic meter that Shakespeare wrote in?

• Trochaic meter (stressed-unstressed)

• Iambic pentameter (unstressed-stressed)

• Dactylic meter (stressed-unstressed-unstressed)

• Spondaic meter (stressed-stressed)

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The last 'part' in a Shakesperean sonnet is called.......

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A sonnet contains_________lines

• 12

• 4

• 14

• 16

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade"?

• The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying.

• The sonnet will immortalize the friend.

• Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies

• The friend will live in heaven.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The following lines are an example of_____________?

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

• Free verse

• A theme

• A quatrain

• A couplet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following poets end his poems with a couplet?

• Ronsard

• Petrarch

• Shakespeare

• Dante

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The first 'part' of a sonnet contains_____lines.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?

• Strong winds cannot touch the flowers

• Strong winds don't stand a chance against his love.

• Strong winds destroy spring flowers

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4