Poetry - Sonnets

How many lines are in a quatrain?

• 4

• 14

• 2

• 5

What is a couplet?

• 12 lines of a verse that do not rhyme and have different meters

• Two lines of a verse that rhyme and have the same meter

• Two stanzas

• Four stanzas consisting of the same rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

What is a sonnet?

• A poem of 14 lines which is strictly written in iambic pentameter

• A poem of four lines which have the same rhyme scheme

• A poem of four stanzas that has a rhyme scheme

• A poem of 14 lines which can have different rhyme schemes

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.

• Italian Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a poem its rhythm and rhyme.

• Cadence

• Meter

• Iamb

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?

• iambic pentameter

• centimeter duo

• amphitheater

• decimeter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What type of poems are sonnets usually?

• political poems

• tragic poems

• love poems

• comedic poems

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

The last 'part' of a sonnet contains ____ lines 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

• 154

• 156

• 165

• 172