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Sonnets & Poetry Analysis
100

What is the following statement an example of?

“The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads to the sun!” 

Personification 

100

Small crowd, Whole piece, friendly fight are all examples of which figurative language?

Oxymoron 

100

What is the difference between prose and verse? 

Prose- paragraph style

verse-lines 

100

When is Shakespeare’s birthday?

It is unknown but predicted to be on April 23rd

100
What is another name for an English Sonnet?

Shakespearean Sonnet

200

Buzz, boom, pop, zip, swoosh are all examples of…? 

Onomatopoeia 

200

“My skin is as soft as a baby’s bottom.” :) 

is an example of which figurative language? 

Simile not Smile 

200

What is a stanza?

A group of lines within a poem

200

How did the work of Shakespeare influence the English language? 

He added 3,000 new words and phrases to the English Dictionary and language

200
How many lines does a sonnet have and what rhythm does it follow? 

14 line— Iambic Pentameter 

300
What is the following statement an example of? 


”Charming children chat in the corner“ 

Alliteration 

300

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What example of figurative language is shown in the song “What a Wonderful World?”  

Imagery 

300

Find the Rhyme Scheme of the following poem: 

There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.

AABBA

300

Name two of William Shakespeare’s famous works?

Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, etc. 

300

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

400

The following statement is an example of which figurative language?

“ My life is a dream of wonders!” 

Metaphor

400

Give two examples of an idiom 

Answers will vary

400

Find the syllable pattern of the following poem:

There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.

8-8-5-5-8

400

Which sonnet is Shakespeare’s most famous? 

 Sonnet 18 

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

400

look at the poem Ms. Aylin shows you, is it a prose poem or verse poem?

 Prose :) 

500

The following statement shows an example of what?


”What took you so long? We waited forever for you!” 

Hyperbole

500

What is a pun and give an example? 

A pun is a play on to make other words sound similar 

example: donut worry be happy! 

500

What is rhythm in poetry and how is it created? 

Rhythm is the best that is created by the syllable count of words and stressed/ unstressed syllable patterns.

500

What is iambic pentameter?


mark the stressed and unstressed syllables in the following statement on a piece of paper:

Shall I ask thee for flowers, Oh how Sweet! 

Line of 10 syllables that follows a pattern of unstressed, stressed syllables (iamb)  5 times And resembles the heartbeat 💓 


shall I ask THEE for FLOWers, OH how SWEET! 

500

As a team write a poetry analysis of the poem Ms.Aylin shows you, make sure to Include all parts the first team to finish and have everything included will get the points. GO! 

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