Donna Bright

English

10 October, 02:24

1. What characteristic unique to Shakespearean sonnets is found in "Sonnet 29", "Sonnet 116", and "Sonnet 130"?

A. three quatrains and a rhyming couplet

B. a steady rhyme scheme

C. 14 lines

2. What is the tone of Sonnet 130 which begins "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"?

A. hopeful and happy

B. mocking and contemptuous

C. humorous and realistic

3. Which figure of speech is used in the line below from "Sonnet 130"? "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head."

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. personification

4. Which of the following sentences displays a correct use of modifiers?

A. We spread a cloth over the table that had a red-and-white checkered pattern.

B. Some ducks, which were cute and fluffy, begged for food.

C. Denise hurried to remove the sauce off of the burner that was boiling over.