WorksheetsSonnets
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet?
10
12
14
16
Who was the popular English playwright and poet who lived in the 16th century who wrote 154 Sonnets?
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Waldon
Hinton
What is a four line stanza?
Couplet
Sextet
Triplet
Quatrain
What do we call two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?
a couplet
a dynamic duo
a chorus
a diameter
What do we call an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable? It is sometimes compared to a heartbeat.
couplet
iamb
quatrain
penta
In poetry, five feet are called...
stumbling blocks
extra words
syllables
pentameter
What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?
iambic pentameter
centimeter duo
amphitheater
decimeter
What is rhyme scheme?
A plan to follow when writing a poem
A list of sensory words
A type of lyrical poetry
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Which of the following is a rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EE
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
ABCD ABCD CDEF GG
ABCD EFGH IJKL MN
What is "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Sonnet 18
Sonnet 34
Sonnet 99
Sonnet 155
What is "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"?
Sonnet 15
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 75
Sonnet 100
What do we call a change in tone, subject, or theme between the second and fourth quatrains of a sonnet?
plot twist
anticlimax
inciting incident
turn
What do we call a description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
sensations
sensory plus
imagery
rule of fives
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Composition
Sensation
Preservation
Alliteration
What is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
personification
animalation
humanation
objectanation
What is a device in literature where an object represents an idea.
representation
objectivism
symbolism
idealism
A comparison NOT using like or as
simile
compariphor
simiparison
metaphor
A comparison using like or as.
simile
simiparison
compariphor
metaphor
What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?
symbolism
allusion
alliteration
metaphor
What type of poems are sonnets usually?
political poems
tragic poems
love poems
comedic poems
