Grade 9 Poetry

Alter, sword and pen = church, military, academia. Name this literary device!

How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?

Which syllable is stressed in an iambic foot?

How many lines are in a quatrain?

What is meiosis?

What is a stanza?

What is hyperbole?

Shall I compare thee to a...

What was the name of the theatre that Shakespeare's company performed in?

Which of the following lines is correctly divided into iambic pentameter?

Which of the following is a perfect rhyme?

In which year did Shakespeare die?

Which rhyming scheme is used in Italian sonnets?

Which of the following is a metaphor?

In which year was Shakespeare baptized? (His exact birth year is unknown).

Where was Shakespeare born?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three genres that Shakespeare's plays fall into?

Which of the following is a family rhyme?

What is the term for a rhyme that occurs in the last word of each line?

Which rhyming scheme is used in an English sonnet?

What is it called when rhyming words occur within the lines?

What is the opposite of hyperbole?

What is the term for 2 consecutive rhyming lines?

Which is the correct MLA citation for a Shakespearean quote from act 3, scene 2, lines 21-22?

How many lines are in a sonnet?