Sonnets and Iambic Pentameter

What is meter?

• a poem's rhyme scheme

• a poem's meter

• a poem's rhythm

• a poem's meteoric

What is the purpose of stressed syllables?

• to create rhythm and add emphasis

• to divide

• to achieve purpose of method

• to orchestrate technique

Penta means ...

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Iambic pentameter is a ...

• pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables.
• pattern of stressed syllables.
• pattern of unstressed  syllables.
• a pattern of 5 syllables

A Sonnet is  __________ of Iambic Pentameter with an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme.

• 14 lines
• 15 lines
• 9 lines
• 10 lines

"Shall I compare thee to a _________?"

• winter's moon
• summer's day
• winter's snow
• buzzard's snack

Sonnets have the same rhythm as a...

• ticking clock

• car alarm

• heartbeat

• bird chirping

Which of the following is Iambic Pentameter? 

• U / | U / | U / | U / | U / |
• / U | / U | / U | / U | / U |
• U U / U | U / U | U U / |

Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

• a b b a a b b ac d e c d e  
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ___ quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4