Sonnet Lesson

A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

• Epic

• Narrative Poem

• Sonnet

• Limerick

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A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

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This is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet.

• Italian Sonnet

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• English Sonnet

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A four line stanza.

• couplet

• refrain

• quatrain

• octave

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A type of meter consisting of five sets of syllables in the pattern of unaccented, accented.

• iambic pentameter

• iambic tetrameter

• trochee pentameter

• trochee tetrameter

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A metrical foot consisting of two syllables in an unaccented, accented pattern.

• trochee

• dactyl

• anapest

• iamb

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

• Sestet

• Iamb

• Quatrain

• Couplet

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Sonnets originated in

• England

• United States

• Greece

• Italy

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Sonnets originated in

• 1200s

• 1400s

• 1800s

• 2018

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The English Sonnets are also named Shakespearean Sonnets because

• it sounds cool

• Shakespeare was a master at writing them

• Shakespeare is associated with England

• Shakespeare was a famous playwright

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