Shakespearean Sonnets
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Shakespearean Sonnets
Quiz
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English
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9th Grade
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Blakely Lord
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the meter of a poem?
a rhythm created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
a pattern of rhyme
the number of lines in the poem
the final couplet of the poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A couplet is
a 2 line stanza of a poem
a 4 line stanza of a poem
a 5 line stanza of a poem
an 8 line stanza of a poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet are called the
couplet
quatrain
iambic pentameter
volta
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pentameter is ...
another name for star-crossed lovers because "penta" is a star
5 repetitions of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme
a 14 line poem
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Iambic is a pattern of...
one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable
one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable followed by another unstressed syllable
one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why does every Shakespearean sonnet have exactly 14 lines?
Evaluate responses using AI:
OFF
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFGG
ABAB BABA CDCD DCDC
ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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