Year 8 Summer Quiz 2023

Which rhyme scheme is typical of the first stanzas of a Petrarchan sonnet?

Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564.

What do we mean when we say that a poet uses 'irregular' stanzas?

What is one of the effects created by the use of full rhyme?

How many syllables are in a line of regular iambic pentameter?

Which word describes a verse of poetry?

Spider, the dog, almost dies on the marshes in 'The Woman in Black'.

Which kind of sonnet usually ends with a rhyming couplet?

What would you call a line of poetry where the meaning of the line (or the sentence) finishes at the end of the line?

What is the name of the local man who tells the protagonist the full story of Mrs Drablow?

What is the word for the technique used when a writer uses words which have vowel sounds that are similar, or the same?

Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays.

In which of the following time periods did Shakespeare live?

What is a simile?

What is the technique 'caesura'?

What is the name of the house where Mrs Drablow used to live?

Iambic pentameter is a kind of metre typically used by Shakespeare. What is an iamb?

In 'The Woman in Black', what is the name of the protagonist?

Where was William Shakespeare born?

What is fiction?

Which of the following would you need to include in a piece of narrative writing?

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write in total?

Which term is often used to describe the opening sentence in a new essay paragraph?

In a literary essay, the introduction should include a long paragraph about the life of the writer.

Which sonnet form usually ends CDCDCD or CDECDE?

Every paragraph in a literary essay should include at least one quotation from the text.

When Shakespeare's plays were performed at 'The Globe' theatre, flags were used to show the genre of the play.

Which of the following would you need to include in a piece of descriptive writing?

In which country is the Sonnet thought to have first originated?

Which of the following are common topics for sonnets?

Which of the following would be an example of half-rhyme?

In Gothic literature, which technique is often used to link the setting with a character's inner feelings?

Which famous playwright wrote 'The Tempest'?

In 1556, Shakespeare's father was appointed as the borough’s official 'ale taster'.

Shakespeare's birthday is traditionally celebrated on the 24th of April.

One of the correct uses of a semi-colon is to connect two complete sentences.

Which of the following examples is a metaphor?

What is enjambement?

When writing a literary essay, which of the following would you use, to create a clear structure?

A very long quotation is a good choice, to include as evidence in your essay paragraph.