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Shakespearean Sonnet- Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many syllables per line does iambic pentameter poetry have?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

5

d)

12

2.

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

a)

cdcd-abab-efef-ee

b)

abab-efef-cdcd-ff

c)

abab-eded-efef-gg

d)

abab-cdcd-efef-gg

3.

Shakespearean sonnet contains (a)   lines total.

4.

(In a Shakespearean sonnet) Quatrains introduce/establish:

a)

A theme

b)

A problem

c)

An argument

d)

A resolution

5.

How many quatrains and couplets are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?

a)

1 quatrain and 3 couplets

b)

3 quatrains and 2 couplets

c)

2 quatrains and 2 couplets

d)

3 quatrains and 1 couplet

6.

What does a couplet provide?

a)

A resolution

b)

A problem

c)

A theme

d)

A story

7.

What does each "foot" of Iambic pentameter contain?

a)

An unstressed (short) syllable

b)

No syllables

c)

A medium syllable

d)

A stressed (long) syllable

8.

What is a stanza of four lines in poetry that have alternating lines?

a)

Couplet

b)

Iambic Pentameter

c)

Quatrain

d)

Resolution

9.

Couplets are the last ______ lines of the poem.

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

2

10.

Couplets often _____ and have the same _______.

a)

rhyme

b)

quatrain

c)

couplet

d)

meter

e)

lines