Sonnets

A 14 lined, rhymed poem with a specific rhyme scheme is called a

• lyric

• octave

• sonnet

• sestet

a type of sonnet that contains 3 quatrains and a couplet is called a/an ___ sonnet

• English

• Italian

• Petrarchan

• Spenserian

a four line stanza is called a

• couplet

• refrain

• sestet

• quatrain

8 lines in a stanza is called a/an

• quatrain

• octave

• sestet

• stanza

2 rhymed lines at the end of a sonnet is called a

• couplet

• refrain

• octave

• iambic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

an Italian sonnet has

• 1 octave, 2 couplets

• 3 quatrains, 1 couplet

• 1 octave, 1 sestet

• 2 quatrains, 1 sestet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Which of the following is an example of iambic pentameter?

• /U /U /U /U /U

• /U U/ /U U/ /U

• UU // UU // UU

• U/ U/ U/ U/ U/

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

a group of 6 lines in a sonnet is called a/an

• couplet

• iambic pentameter

• rhyme scheme

• sestet

Which of the following words is NOT considered a shift word?

• and

• but

• yet

• nor

• to

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is this rhyme scheme an example of?

abba abba cde cde

• English

• Italian

• Shakespearean

• iambic pentameter