Front

What type of figurative language is this? "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"

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Metaphor

Front

What type of figurative language is this? “...suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”

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Simile

Front

What type of figurative language is this? “To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core”

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Hyperbole

Front

Choose the correct word for the definition: To bring about the end; an ending to something.

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Surcease

Front

Choose the correct word for the definition: Charmless and inhospitable; dreary.

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Bleak

Front

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words is:

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alliteration

Front

The repetition of vowel sounds is:

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assonance

Front

Readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will

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never escape his grief

Front

Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house? Options: the door frame, the mantle above the fireplace, a bust of Pallas, on the bookcase

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a bust of Pallas

Front

Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?
Options:
Happiness is fleeting.
The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.
The poet will never sleep again.
Grief is a manifestation of insanity.

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The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.