In Sonnet 39, when Sidney asks for protection from "those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw," this is an example of ____.
What is personification?
100
This is the message of Sonnet 75.
What is that he can immortalize their love through his verse?
100
Active or passive?
The university was expanded by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1923.
What is passive?
100
very skilled
What is adept?
100
This is how many lines a sonnet contains.
What is 14?
200
In Sonnet 31, when Sidney addresses the moon, he is using this poetic device.
What is apostrophe?
200
This is the rhyme scheme of a Spenserian sonnet.
What is ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
200
Active or passive?
Harvard named Mary McLeod Bethune a Black American of Achievement for her outstanding work.
What is active?
200
very sneaky or stealthy
What is furtive (clandestine)?
200
This is the meter that all sonnets are written in.
What is iambic pentameter?
300
In Sonnet 31, Sidney uses the moon to do this.
What is reflect his own feelings?
300
In Sonnet 1, Spenser addresses (speaks to) these three things.
What is leaves, lines, and rhymes?
300
Fix this run-on by subordinating one of the clauses.
The golf course was deserted by its members they moved away from West Virginia?
What is
The golf course was deserted by its members WHEN they moved away from West Virginia.
300
very watchful
What is vigilant?
300
In this sonnet, Spenser wants nothing but to look at his beloved.
What is Sonnet 35?
400
In Sonnet 39, Sidney asks sleep to "make in me those civil wars to cease". What "civil wars" is he referring to?
What is inner turmoil (conflict) caused by love?
400
What are the "leaves" in this line from Sonnet 1?
"Happy ye leaves, as when those lily hands, / Which hold my life in their dead doing might / Shall handle you . . ."
What is pages that contain his poems?
400
Fix this run-on by adding a coordinating conjunction and the appropriate punctuation.
Lewis Keller bought the Oakhurst property he was a golf lover.
What is
Lewis Keller bought the Oakhurst property, FOR he was a golf lover.
400
very angry
What is irate, livid?
400
Name the sonnet sequences of Spenser and Sidney.
What is Amoretti (Spenser) and Astrophel and Stella (Sidney)?
500
This is the theme of both Sonnet 31 and 39.
What is hopeless love?
500
Sonnets 35 and 75 both contain examples of this poetic device in the last line.
What is alliteration?
500
Change this sentence from the passive voice to the active voice:
For my paper on great American educators, Mary McLeod Bethune was chosen by me.
What is
For my paper on great American educators, I chose Mary McLeod Bethune.
500
too suave in demeanor, thus giving a sense of false earnestness; oily or greasy in personality
What is unctuous?
500
Define sonnet sequence.
What is a series of sonnets that are all addressed to the same person or which all relate to the same theme?