Sonnet 18 check for understanding

What does the word thee mean in the following line? "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
A
her
B
you
C
him
D
your
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What does the word thee mean in the following line? "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
A
her
B
you
C
him
D
your

Slide 1 - Quiz

What is the extended metaphor in Sonnet 18?
A
comparing a sonnet and a summer day
B
comparing the subject and Shakespeare
C
comparing the subject and a summer day
D
comparing death and a summer day

Slide 2 - Quiz

How does Shakespeare compare the subject to a summer’s day?
The speaker describes the subject as:
A
more beautiful and calmer than a summer’s day.
B
almost as lovely as a summer’s day.
C
not as constant as a summer’s day.
D
not quite as bright or pleasant as a summer’s day.

Slide 3 - Quiz

What is the best meaning of temperate in the following line? "Thou art more lovely and more temperate"
A
mild
B
angry
C
hot
D
timely

Slide 4 - Quiz

What does the following line mean?
"And every fair from fair sometime declines"
A
All beauty will eventually fade.
B
As a fair travels from town to town, the equipment degrades.
C
Light colored skin can more easily burn.
D
Sometimes beauty will fade, but sometimes it lasts forever.

Slide 5 - Quiz

In the following line, the eye of heaven is a metaphor for: "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"
A
lightening
B
the sun
C
an angel
D
love

Slide 6 - Quiz

What do the lines refer to?
"When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st"
A
lines in a drawing.
B
lines of poetry.
C
lines on a graph.
D
lines of song.

Slide 7 - Quiz

Next, the speaker says, "So long lives this and this gives life to thee." The word this refers to:
A
love
B
the summer
C
the sonnet
D
time

Slide 8 - Quiz

The speaker says, "Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade." This is an example of which literary device?
A
onomatopeia
B
simile
C
alliteration
D
personification

Slide 9 - Quiz

Which line of the sonnet best demonstrates the major difference between the subject of the poem and the summer?
A
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
B
often is his gold complexion dimm'd
C
And every fair from fair sometimes declines
D
But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Slide 10 - Quiz

Which statement would the speaker of the poem most likely agree with?
A
Love is not fair.
B
Natural beauty lasts forever.
C
Summer is the best of the four seasons.
D
Literature can preserve people beyond their death.

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