Petrarchan Sonnets
Shakespearean Sonnets
Literary Devices
Emmett Till History
Misc
100

Another name for a Petrarchan sonnet

What is Italian?

100

The main poet behind these types of sonnets 

What is Shakespeare

100

This is a comparison using like or as

What is a simile 

100
This is the city that Emmett is from

Chicago

100

This is the coach of the Baltimore Ravens

Who is John Harbaugh

200

The types of stanzas in a P. sonnet

What are octave and sestet?
200

The types of stanzas in a S. sonnet

Quatrain and couplet

200

This is an indirect reference 

Allusion

200

This is Emmett's mother's name

Who is Mamie Till

200

The Ravens are named after a poem from this iconic poet/author

What is Edgar Allan Poe

300

These make up the last sonnet in A Wreath for Emmett Till

The first lines from the previous sonnets

300

The turning point in the sonnet 

What is volta

300

The first lines of the first sonnet in A Wreath for Emmett Till is an allusion to which Shakespearean play? 

Hamlet

300

This is the state that Emmett went to visit his family in the South

What is Mississippi 

300

Number 52 on the Ravens was this player

Who is Ray Lewis?

400

This word is used to describe the problem in the beginning of the sonnet

What is the proposition 

400

The type of meter Shakespeare often used

What is iambic pentameter 

400

"If sudden loving light proclaimed you blest, would you bow your head in humility...Would you say yes, like the Mother of Christ?" Is a specific type of allusion

What is a Biblical allusion
400

This is a person who spearheaded the Civil Rights Movement and said Emmett Till was on her mind

Who is Rosa Parks

400

Name at least one of Ms. Martin's favorite players on the Ravens (hint: not currently Justin Tucker)

Who is Kyle Hamilton/Zay Flowers/OBJ

500

This is the full name of the group of Petrarchan sonnets in A Wreath for Emmett Till

What is a heroic crown of sonnets

500

The two main categories that Shake sonnets fall into (i.e. dedicated to)

What is Fair Youth and Dark Lady

500
The line "piles of shoes" is an allusion to this genocide in history.

What is the Holocaust

500

This is a person who ran for President and was born the same year as Emmett

Who is Bernie Sanders

500

This was the year the Ravens last won the Superbowl?

What is 2013 

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