Sonnets

Sonnets
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Sonnets

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What have you learned about Shakespeare?

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A sonnet has...
A
18 lines
B
12 lines
C
20 lines
D
14 lines

Slide 3 - Quiz

5. Shakespeare wrote many sonnets. What is the main topic of his sonnets?
A
guilt
B
revenge
C
love
D
nature

Slide 4 - Quiz

How many Sonnets did Shakespeare write?
A
39
B
137
C
154
D
203

Slide 5 - Quiz

What is the structure of a Sonnet?
A
14 lines fixed rhyme scheme
B
14 lines free rhyme scheme
C
12 lines fixed rhyme scheme
D
12 lines free rhyme scheme

Slide 6 - Quiz

What is the rhymescheme of a sonnet?

Slide 7 - Open question

What is a volta, in a sonnet?

Slide 8 - Open question

Assignment
You will receive a mixed up sonnet by William Shakespeare. You are to decide the original order of the lines. You cannot use anything but your mind and your reader (no phone, no laptop) You can cut up your poem and use it as a puzzle
Finished? Show Mrs. De Nijs 

Slide 9 - Slide

Homework
Exercises on Sonnets in reader (up to p. 9)

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