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Sonnets

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

2.

Who was the popular English playwright and poet who lived in the 16th century who wrote 154 Sonnets?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Chaucer

c)

Waldon

d)

Hinton

3.

What is a four line stanza?

a)

Couplet

b)

Sextet

c)

Triplet

d)

Quatrain

4.

What do we call two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme?

a)

a couplet

b)

a dynamic duo

c)

a chorus

d)

a diameter

5.

What do we call an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable? It is sometimes compared to a heartbeat.

a)

couplet

b)

iamb

c)

quatrain

d)

penta

6.

In poetry, five feet are called...

a)

stumbling blocks

b)

extra words

c)

syllables

d)

pentameter

7.

What is a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable?

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

centimeter duo

c)

amphitheater

d)

decimeter

8.

What is rhyme scheme?

a)

A plan to follow when writing a poem

b)

A list of sensory words

c)

A type of lyrical poetry

d)

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

9.

Which of the following is a rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

a)

AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EE

b)

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

c)

ABCD ABCD CDEF GG

d)

ABCD EFGH IJKL MN

10.

What is "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

a)

Sonnet 18

b)

Sonnet 34

c)

Sonnet 99

d)

Sonnet 155

11.

What is "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"?

a)

Sonnet 15

b)

Sonnet 29

c)

Sonnet 75

d)

Sonnet 100

12.

What do we call a change in tone, subject, or theme between the second and fourth quatrains of a sonnet?

a)

plot twist

b)

anticlimax

c)

inciting incident

d)

turn

13.

What do we call a description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

a)

sensations

b)

sensory plus

c)

imagery

d)

rule of fives

14.

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

a)

Composition

b)

Sensation

c)

Preservation

d)

Alliteration

15.

What is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

a)

personification

b)

animalation

c)

humanation

d)

objectanation

16.

What is a device in literature where an object represents an idea.

a)

representation

b)

objectivism

c)

symbolism

d)

idealism

17.

A comparison NOT using like or as

a)

simile

b)

compariphor

c)

simiparison

d)

metaphor

18.

A comparison using like or as.

a)

simile

b)

simiparison

c)

compariphor

d)

metaphor

19.

What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

a)

symbolism

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

20.

What type of poems are sonnets usually?

a)

political poems

b)

tragic poems

c)

love poems

d)

comedic poems