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Sonnets

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Sonnets
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An Italian sonnet has..

3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet

1 Octave, 2 Couplets 

1 Octave, 1 Sestet

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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

Ronsard

Petrarch

Dante Alighieri

Shakespeare 

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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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?

14 lines

specific sound devices

specific rhyme scheme

specific rhythm

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes a sonnet?

A poem that tells a story

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

A short poem expressing personal feelings

A humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme

Answer explanation

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, making it the best description among the options provided.

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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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern. (A Shakespearean is generally written with 10 syllables in each line.)

form

sonnet

consonance

assonance

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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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What kind of poem has 14 lines that is written in iambic pentameter that has the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg?

Haiku

Sonnet

Kenning

Limerick

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

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