Category 1
In the line “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”, the word fortune is an example of:
a. Imagery
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
b. Personification
“And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries” shows heaven as being deaf. This is an example of:
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Imagery
d. Irony
b. Personification
The comparison “Wishing me like to one more rich in hope” is an example of:
a. Imagery
b. Simile
c. Metaphor
d. Alliteration
c. Metaphor
Which of the following best describes the shift in imagery from the beginning to the end of the sonnet?
a. From happiness to loneliness
b. From despair to joy
c. From wealth to poverty
d. From hope to envy
b. From despair to joy
In the sonnet, the phrase “Haply I think on thee, and then my state…like to the lark at break of day arising” mainly appeals to the reader’s:
a. Sense of sound and sight (imagery)
b. Sense of taste
c. Sense of touch
d. None of the above
a. Sense of sound and sight (imagery)
The “deaf heaven” in the poem is an example of imagery.
TRUE OT FALSE
FALSE
Shakespeare uses personification when he says “fortune” causes disgrace.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The metaphor “more rich in hope” suggests that hope is compared to wealth.
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The image of the lark rising at daybreak symbolizes the speaker’s continued sadness.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Imagery in the sonnet is used to describe only negative emotions.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE