Shakespearean
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
How Many...?
Grammar
100
How many couplets are in the sonnet?
2
100
What does "penta" mean?
5
100
2 rhyming lines is called?
couplet
100
How many lines in a sonnet?
14
100

What is a noun? 

Person Place or Thing

200
How many quatrains are in the Shakespearean sonnet?
3
200

In a sonnet, does every line rhyme, or does every other line rhyme? 

every other line

200
What is the pattern in which the rhymed line endings are arranged in a poem?
rhyme scheme
200
How many lines in a quatrain?
4
200

What is a verb?

An action word

300

What is a sonnet? 

A poem consisting of 14 lines. 

Typically 10 syllables per line

300

How many syllables are in this line, 

" Thou needest not be drench'd when showers fall"

10

300
What is a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter called?
sonnet
300

How many lines in a couplet?

2
300

What is an adjective? 

A word that modifies or describes a noun. 

400
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
400
What is the rhythmical pattern in a sonnet called?
meter
400

What does "thee" mean?

You

400
How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?
10
400

What is a pronoun?

A word that takes the place of a noun.

(his, her, I, She, He)

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

Which line is correct iambic pentameter?

a. Shall I/compare/thee to/ a summ/er's day?

b. Thou art/ love/ly and/ more/temperate.

a

500

What does agape mean?

Mouth wide open

500

How many letters are in the alphabet?

26

500

What is an Adverb?

A word that modifies or describes a verb. 

M
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n
u