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  1. What characteristic unique to Shakespearean sonnets is found in "Sonnet 29", "Sonnet 116", and "Sonnet 130"?
Athree quatrains and a rhyming couplet
Ba steady rhyme scheme
C14 lines

  1. What is the tone of Sonnet 130 which begins "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"?
Ahopeful and happy
Bmocking and contemptuous
Chumorous and realistic

  1. Which figure of speech is used in the line below from "Sonnet 130"? “If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.”
Asimile
Bmetaphor
Cpersonification

  1. Which of the following sentences displays a correct use of modifiers?
AWe spread a cloth over the table that had a red-and-white checkered pattern.
BSome ducks, which were cute and fluffy, begged for food.
CDenise hurried to remove the sauce off of the burner that was boiling over.

Verified Answer :

1. What characteristic unique to Shakespearean sonnets is found in "Sonnet 29", "Sonnet 116", and "Sonnet 130"?
A. three quatrains and a rhyming couplet


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

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.”

B. metaphor


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

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