Sonnet Quiz

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Her eyes shine like the morning sun
• His dog eats a boat load of food
• The walls stretch to the ceiling 
• Our classroom is a zoo

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The cat sat quietly by the door.
• Crash! The dishes slammed against the counter 
• The bee bumbled and buzzed by.
• The wind screamed and howled in the night.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

An English/Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division: 

• Eight Lines of problem followed by six lines of solution

• Four quatrains with a problem in the first two and a solution in the second

• Three quatrains and a couplet that offer a theme, a metaphor, a twist, and a summary

• Fourteen lines that tell a story in chronological order

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

How many lines are in a sonnet? 

• 12
• 14
• 10
• 16

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• English/Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

A four line stanza.

• couplet

• refrain

• quatrain

• octave

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

The last six lines in an Italian sonnet

• quatrain

• couplet

• octave

• sestet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

A type of sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet; a break in thought or a turn comes between the two.

• Italian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. They end an English sonnet.

• Sestet

• Iamb

• Quatrain

• Couplet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do we call a change in tone, subject, or theme between the second and fourth quatrains of a sonnet?

• plot twist

• anticlimax

• inciting incident

• turn/Volta

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5