Honors English 9: 4y - Shakesphere/meter quiz
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| English/Patrarchan line scheme | show 🗑
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| English/Shakespearean line scheme | show 🗑
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| show | the turn
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| In most Petrarchan sonnets these two parts take on the qualities of a _____ and a response or a problem and a _____ | show 🗑
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| The subject a Petrarchan poem must... | show 🗑
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| A Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet consists of an octave of __ lines or __ quatrains and a sestet of __ lines or __ tercets. | show 🗑
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| show | three quatrains and an ending rhyming couplet.
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| show | introduces the subject.
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| show | further develop the subject or introduce a conflict.
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| The final couplet in an English sonnet can... | show 🗑
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| show | demands a strong conclusion and a subject matter that should fit.
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| show | 8
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| The shift (italian) occurs at line __ and is known as the __/__ | show 🗑
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| The 6 remaining lines in an (italian) sonnet is known as a ___ | show 🗑
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| All sonnets contain... | show 🗑
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| An English sonnet consists of __ quatrains that are made up of __ lines each. | show 🗑
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| The ending of an English sonnet is known as the ____________ ______ and consists of __ lines. | show 🗑
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| show | pentameter; 5 times.
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| Meter: ___ | show 🗑
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| show | 10 syllables per line.
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| show | iambic pentameter
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| what is a rhythmical patter and is the template or pattern for a sonnet's poetic line? | show 🗑
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| show | that the rhythm goes from unstressed to a stressed syllable. (e.g. divine, caress, bizarre, delight,) (think of a heart beat)
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| show | Meter
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| What are the four simple steps to scanning a poem (important)? | show 🗑
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| iambic: | show 🗑
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| *trochee/trochaic: | show 🗑
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| Anapest/anapestic: | show 🗑
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| spondee: | show 🗑
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| show | 3 syllables, Unstressed, stressed, stressed (e.g. beautiful)
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| one stress (feet) per line = two= three= four= five= six= seven= eight= | show 🗑
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| show | Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564. His birthday is celebrated on April 23rd. He was baptized April 26th, and it was a common practice at the time to have an infant baptized no later than the first Sunday after birth.
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| show | He attended grammar school at the young age of 7.
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| show | John and Mary who got married in about 1557. William was the oldest surviving child; two infant daughters died before William was born. William's younger siblings were Gilbert (born 1566), Joan (1569), Anne (1571), Richard (1574), and Edmund (1580).
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| Which of his siblings died at the age of 8? | show 🗑
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| show | Anne Hathaway. They married near the end of 1582, when he was 18. The exact date of Anne's birth is unknown, but she is thoughts to have been around 26 when they married.
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| show | The best bed was usually regarded as an heirloom piece and was to be passed to the heir rather than the spouse. It is also probable that the best bed would have been reserved for guests, meaning that the second bed would've been the bed of the couple.
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| What did Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, die of? | show 🗑
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| When was Hamnet buried? | show 🗑
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| show | Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1616 and was buried on April 25, 1616 in Holt Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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| show | Thirty-eight is the generally accepted number.
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| show | Probably one of the parts of King Henry VI Part 1, 2, and 3) written between 1589-1591.
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| What is Shakespeare's last play? | show 🗑
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| show | Hamlet, with 4,042 lines.
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| First Folio- Second Folio- Third Folio- Fourth Folio- | show 🗑
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