Shakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is another term for the "turn" in a sonnet?
2. What figure of speech uses human attributes to nonhuman subjects?
3. In Sonnet 43 the poet calls attention to "I love thee" through the use of what literary element?
4. Sonnets follow a strict rhyme scheme.
5. ..... occurs when there is a contrast between what the reader expects and what actually happens
6. The big, bad bear boldly bares it's teeth at all the baby bunnies by the bushes. This sentence is an example of a(n) .....
7. 8 lines in a stanza is called a/an
8. A great technique, used by ballads and other poetic forms, to help reinforce the main point or theme is .....
9. What is the central idea for Sonnet 116?
10. The first six lines of Sonnet 30 express which of the following views of love?
11. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)-paints a clear picture in the reader's mind.
12. Rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is a characteristic of sonnets
13. A stanza of four lines in a poem
14. Type of metaphor in which objects are presented as if they were human
15. True or False:William Shakespeare's popularity contributed to making literature and theater the most popular forms of art and leisure at this time.
16. What was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's go to poetry form?
17. Which stanza in an English sonnet introduces a problem/situation or asks a question?
18. Which poem is Shakespeare's most famous sonnet?
19. To whom were his sonnets written?
20. When Shakespeare says:My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; This is an example of: