Poetry - Sonnets

Poetry - Sonnets

10th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Poetry - Sonnets

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Assessment

Quiz

English, Education

10th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.11-12.13, RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Paoli

Used 73+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are in a quatrain?

4

14

2

5

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.

Italian Sonnet

Petrarchan Sonnet

Spenserian Sonnet

English Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Cadence

Meter

Iamb

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of poems are sonnets usually?

political poems

tragic poems

love poems

comedic poems

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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