Annabel Lee: Figurative Language

Annabel Lee: Figurative Language

Poe

Figurative Language

language that's intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words

Simile

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• The diamond shined like a star.

Metaphor

• Comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using like or

• Life is a rollercoaster.

Hyperbole

• HUGE exaggeration

• I could eat a whole horse!

• My backpack weighs a ton!

Personification

• Giving HUMAN characteristics to non-human things

• The wind howled in the night.

• The key complained as it was forced into the ignition and the car didn't start.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

Multiple Choice

Did the narrators heart ever heal

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What was something the narrator did everyday after Annabel Lees death?

• Cried

• Laid by Annabel's tomb

• Talked to a new woman

Multiple Choice

What actually killed Annabel Lee?

• The flu

• Bronchitis

• Pneumonia

• Tuberculosis

Multiple Choice

What were the angels jealous of?

• how pretty Annabel Lee was

• There love for each other

• How close they were to god

• There puppies

Multiple Choice

Where did Annabel Lee and the narrator live?

• A kingdom by the sea

• A cabin

• Deserted island

• Paris

Multiple Choice

After her death, Annabel Lee is shut into a tomb by - 

• her husband
• the angels
• the demons
• her kinsmen (family)

Multiple Choice

Who is Annabel Lee

• the narrator

• The narrator's love who died

• An angel

• The narrators friend who was killed

Multiple Choice

Part B: What type of figurative language is: “For the mean never beams without bring me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee"?

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Part A: What does “For the moon never beams without bring me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee” mean?

• It means the moon doesn't shine anymore since Annabel Lee died.

• It means the moon killed Annabel Lee.

• It means every night when the moon rises, he dreams of Annabel Lee.

Multiple Choice

Is the poem appropriately titled? Why?

• Yes, because the poem is about Annabel Lee's life.

• Yes, because the poem is about the narrator's strong love for Annabel Lee.

• No, because the poem is about Edgar Allan Poe.

• No, because there are not enough details in the title.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the attitude of the speaker?

• He was jealous of Annabel Lee.

• He was angry with Annabel Lee’s parents.

• He was unable to accept Annabel Lee’s leaving.

• He was confident that he was far wiser than many.

Multiple Choice

What is the main theme of the poem? Choose the BEST answer.

• The love between the narrator and Annabel Lee cannot be stopped by death

• It is always impossible to move on from young love

• When someone dies young it strongly influences our memories

• Sometimes bad things happen to good people

Multiple Choice

Read lines 5 and 6 from the first stanza.

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Refrain

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Each part or verse of a poem is called...

• a simile
• a metaphor
• a refrain
• a stanza

Multiple Choice

'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Read lines 5 and 6 from the first stanza.

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Refrain

• Simile