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Sonnets Vs Villanelles

Authored by Melanie Sokol

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Sonnets Vs Villanelles
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the structure of a sonnet?

14 lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

10 lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA

12 lines, with alternating rhyme

5 lines, with a rhyme scheme of AABBA

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main difference between a sonnet and a villanelle?

A sonnet has 10 lines, while a villanelle has 14 lines

A sonnet follows a strict rhyme scheme, while a villanelle uses a repeating refrains structure

A sonnet uses repeated refrains, while a villanelle has no rhyme scheme

A sonnet is always written about love, while a villanelle is about nature

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a traditional villanelle?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA

AABBA

AABA AABA

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following lines would be an example of the first line in a villanelle?

"The road is wide and bright tonight"

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A sonnet traditionally ends with what kind of stanza?

A couplet

A quatrain

A tercet

A single line

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A villanelle always includes a refrain, which is a line that is repeated at the end of specific stanzas.

True

False

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a sonnet, the final couplet (two lines) often offers a conclusion or a twist to the theme.

True

False

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

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