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Which best defines a couplet?

A
A couplet is a stanza of four poetic lines.
B
A couplet is two consecutive rhyming lines.
C
A couplet is three quatrains and two rhyming lines.
D
A couplet is a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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Which best defines a quatrain?

A
A quatrain is a group of three stanzas.
B
A quatrain is a stanza of four lines.
C
A quatrain is a pair of rhyming lines.
D
A quatrain is a poem with fourteen lines.
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Erin is writing about the history of sonnets. Which is a fact Erin can include in her history?

A
Shakespeare was the first to create poetry as a sonnet.
B
Shakespeare was a poet who wrote only in sonnet form.
C
Sonnets were invented in Italy before Shakespeare’s time.
D
Sonnets were created by poets who wrote without rhyme patterns.
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Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

A
four
B
five
C
eight
D
ten
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Read the line from “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare.But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

A
This hot summer will last forever.
B
You are eternal and will never die.
C
Your youthful beauty will not disappear.
D
My love for this season will go on and on.
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How is a poem's rhyme scheme marked and identified?

A
upper or lowercase letters, such as “ABAB”
B
Roman numerals, such as “I, II, I, II”
C
Arabic numerals, such as “1212”
D
punctuation symbols, such as “!?!?”
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

A
Five, because an iamb is a stressed syllable that is emphasized.
B
Five, because an iamb is an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable.
C
Nine, because an iamb is the number of words found within a line of poetry.
D
Ten, because an iamb is a count of the individual syllables in a poetic line.
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rhyming wordsfigurative languagesound within the poem’s linesstressed and unstressed syllables

A
rhyming words
B
figurative language
C
sound within the poem’s lines
D
stressed and unstressed syllables
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Markus is reading a Sonnet by William Shakespeare. Which will best help Markus understand the central ideas as he reads?

A
finding a single concept that links the lines together
B
marking the rhyme scheme with lowercase letters
C
counting all the stressed and unstressed syllables
D
skipping words that are unfamiliar or difficult to read
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Analyze the rhyme scheme in these lines from “Sonnet 18.”But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

A
abcabc
B
aabbcc
C
ababcc
D
ababab
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Which syllables should Amber highlight? Select three options.

A
And
B
of-
C
-ten
D
is
E
his
F
gold
G
com-
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Read the stanza from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

A
to complain about the intense heat and humidity of summer
B
to persuade a loved one to visit during a warm season
C
to express love by likening a loved one to a nice day
D
to argue that hot weather is more pleasant than cold weather
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explain that beauty can fadeteach a lesson about naturedefine the meaning of “fair”argue that things never change

A
explain that beauty can fade
B
teach a lesson about nature
C
define the meaning of “fair”
D
argue that things never change

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