Writing a Shakespearean Sonnet Answers

Use the drop-down menus to identify the type of figurative language in each example.

Use the drop-down menus to select the best answer for each question. What is the traditional meter of a Shakespearean sonnet? How many quatrains does a sonnet have? How many couplets does a sonnet have? What is an example of figurative language?

onetwo✔ three

✔ onetwothree

rhyme scheme✔ metaphoriambic pentameter

Use the sonnet to answer the questions. Which pair of words shows a set of rhyming lines in the first quatrain? Which pair of end words shows a set of rhyming lines in the second quatrain? Which pair of end words identifies the rhyming couplet?

✔ heart, artexpiate, theeslain, again

old, datewill, ill✔ slain, again

Use the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet to determine which pair of lines best completes the quatrain.Let those who are in favour with their starsOf public honour and proud titles boast,

Complete each line using the rules of iambic pentameter. If you could see Above the trees I see It’s old and worn, but it

✔ a shooting stara hawktwinkling, dancing fireflies

is so amazing✔ is dear to meis still special to me

Imagine you are writing a sonnet in which you want to describe daisies dancing in the wind. Which line expresses this idea in iambic pentameter?

Use the drop-down menus to identify the type of figurative language in each example. The basketball spins like a whirling top. I swear I’ll love you for a million years. My pencil dances over the blank page. My sister is a dragon, fierce and mean.

personificationsimile✔ hyperbole

✔ personificationmetaphorhyperbole

personification✔ metaphorhyperbole

Which statements use figurative language? Check all that apply.