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Poetry - Sonnets

Authored by Sarah Paoli

English, Education

10th - 12th Grade

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Poetry - Sonnets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many lines are in a quatrain?

4

14

2

5

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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

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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

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.

Italian Sonnet

Petrarchan Sonnet

Spenserian Sonnet

English Sonnet

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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

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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

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of poems are sonnets usually?

political poems

tragic poems

love poems

comedic poems

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