Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
How Many...?
100

How many couplets are in English sonnet?

one

100
How many lines are in an octave?
8
100
What does the "penta" in pentameter indicate?
5 feet per line.
100

What is a 14 line lyric poem (usually in iambic pentameter) called?

Sonnet

100
Syllables in an iamb?
two
200
How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
three
200
How many lines are in a sestet?
six
200
What is the unit for two syllables that are unstressed and stressed called?
Iamb
200

What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in any poem, not just a sonnet, called (think of a paragraph in an essay.  What is it called in a poem)?

Stanza

200
Lines in a quatrain
four
300
What is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet?
English Sonnet
300
What is another name for a Petrarchan sonnet?
Italian Sonnet
300

Write the proper scanning annotation on the board for one iamb.

| u / |

300
What is the process of marking the unstressed and stressed syllables to indicate meter called?
Scanning
300
Iambs in one line of verse?
five
400
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
400

What is the volta?

the turn or shift in tone or idea that occurs at the end of the octave and before the sestet

400
What is the repeating rhythmic unit used to measure poetry?
Foot
400

What are two consecutive lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme called?

Couplet

400

Syllables in one line of a sonnet

10

500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500

What is introduced in the first 8 lines of the sonnet? What about the last 6 lines?

Problem and Resolution; Question and Answer

500
What is the rhythmical pattern in a poem called?
Meter
500
What is the pattern in which the rhymed line‐endings are arranged in a poem or stanza called?
Rhyme Scheme
500
lines in a sonnet?
14
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