Iambic Pentameter/Sonnets

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 5

• 10

• 14

• 2

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CCSS.RL.7.4

How many syllables are in a line of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 14

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What organ does a metronome mimic in the human body?

• lungs

• kidneys

• brain

• heart

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called

• 
  iambic pentameter

• trochaic quadmeter

• spondaic pentameter

• dactylic trimeter

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word or small phrase is NOT an example of an iambic rhythm?

• trapeze

• fall down

• go boom

• 
  do now

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which one is the correct rhyme scheme for sonnets?

• abcd abcd efgh efgh ii

• aabb ccdd eeff gghh ii

• 
  abab cdcd efef gg

• 
  aabb ccdd eeff gg

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An "iamb" is a part of the poem's meter that has ___ syllables.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• iamb

• quatrain

• couplet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables are in this line: By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

• 11

• 10

• 9

• 13

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables are in a foot?

• 2

• 5

• 10

• 1

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9