Sonnets

Sonnets

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15 Qs

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Sonnets

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Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.11-12.13, RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

1

2

3

4

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following poems is a parody making fun of another poet's work?

"Sonnet 130"

"The White Doe"

"Sonnet 18"

"Laura"

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many feet are in a pentameter?

10

11

4

5

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

English Sonnet

Spenserian Sonnet

Petrarchan Sonnet

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The first eight lines of a sonnet. It usually asks a question that is answered in the last six lines of the poem.

Octave

Sestet

Couplet

Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

iambic pentameter

iambic tetrameter

trochee pentameter

trochee tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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