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Sonnet Literary devices

Quiz by Arlene A. Bandas

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  • Q1
    What has 14 lines, is a lyric poem, written in iambic pentameter?
    epic
    sonnet
    narrative poem
    ballad
    30s
  • Q2
    Which one is not a type of sonnet?
    Shakespearean
    Italian
    ballad
    English
    30s
  • Q3
    Which of the following has an 8 line stanza
    sestet
    quatrain
    couplet
    octave
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the role of the couplet?
    show the turn
    present a problem
    explain the situation
    provide a solution
    30s
  • Q5
    Where would you find the turn in a Shakespearean Sonnet?
    couplet
    second quatrain
    first quatrain
    third quatrain
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet?
    AABBCCDDEEFFGG
    ABABBCBCCDCDEE
    ABBAABBACDCDEE
    ABABCDCDEFEFGG
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a comparison using like, as, resembles, than?
    simile
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    personification
    30s
  • Q8
    Giving human qualities to an inanimate object is...
    personification
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q9
    Six line stanza
    quatrain
    couplet
    octave
    sestet
    30s
  • Q10
    Is made up of three quatrains and a couplet
    Italian Sonnet
    Shakespearean Sonnet
    Spenserian Sonnet
    Petrarchan Sonnet
    30s
  • Q11
    Is made up of an octave and a sestet
    English Sonnet
    Shakespearean Sonnet
    Italian Sonnet
    Tupac Sonnet
    30s
  • Q12
    Talking to something that cannot talk back to you
    personification
    hyperbole
    apostrophe
    simile
    30s
  • Q13
    An extended exaggeration
    apostrophe
    simile
    hyperbole
    paradox
    30s
  • Q14
    Two opposite statements that are somehow true.
    hyperbole
    paradox
    apostrophe
    metaphor
    30s

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