Renaissance, Shakespeare and Sonnets

How many lines does a sonnet contain?

• 12

• 10

• 14

• 16

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Iambic pentameter (the meter for this Shakespearean sonnet) is a line of verse composed of ___________ total syllables.

• 5

• 10

• 8

• 20

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Which two lines contain the couplet?

• My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

  Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

  
  

• If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

  If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

  
  

• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

  As any she belied with false compare.

  
  

• I grant I never saw a goddess go;

  My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

  
  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In "Sonnet 130," line 8 what does the word REEKS mean?

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress REEKS.

• Exhales

• Smells badly

• Smells good

• Screams

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

How do lines 1-12 contribute to our image of the speaker's mistress?

• His mistress is beautiful

• His mistress is not the traditional idea of beautiful

• His mistress is rude

• His mistress does not care about her appearance

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The main theme of Sonnet 130 is

• His love is unattractive.

• Beauty ideals are not important, and they distract from the real elements of love.

• Beauty is most important in a relationship.

• Love is rare.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which piece of evidence best supports the main theme of the passage?

• I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

  But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

• I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

  That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
  

• And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

  As any she belied with false compare.

• My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

  Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

  
  

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The French word Renaissance means ______________________.

• rebirth

• resurgence

• cosmopolitan

• reformation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

During the Renaissance, which invention quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy?

• The microscope

• The cotton gin

• The printing press

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1. The three types of Shakespearean plays are histories, tragedies and romances.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7