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Shakespearean Sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
100
How many couplets are in the sonnet?
one
100
How many lines are in an octave?
8
100
What does the "penta" in pentameter indicate?
5 feet per line.
100
What is 14 line lyric poem usually in iambic pentameter called?
Sonnet
100

What literary device appeals to the 5 senses?

Imagery

200
How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
three
200
How many lines are in a sestet?
six
200

How do we know what a meter is?

Syllables 

200
What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem called?
Stanza
200

What literary device gives human characteristics to non-humans?

personification

300
What is another name for the Shakespearean sonnet?
English Sonnet
300
What is another name for a Petrarchan sonnet?
Italian Sonnet
300

Make the sound when mimicking iambic pentameter

A drum/duh dun duh dun duh dun duh dun duh dun duh dun

300

What is a Quatrain?

A group of 4 lines

300

What literary device is a reference to literature, history, or music?

allusion
400
In what meter is a Shakespearean sonnet written?
Iambic Pentameter
400
What is the volta?
the turn or shift in tone that occurs after the octave and at the beginning of the sestet
400

Which word in iambic pentameter means 5?

Pentameter

400
What are two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme called?
Couplet
400

What literary device repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of each word?

(Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

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

What was the sonnet from Friday about?

Homer's poetry

500
What is the rhythmical pattern in a poem called?
Meter
500

What are we looking for when we assign a letter at the end of a line?

Rhyme Scheme

500

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

A simile compares two unlike things using like or as while a metaphor uses is/are.