The Raven Literary Devices

We do: Third read of "The Raven"


Each student will read two lines of the poem and we then we will
discuss literary devices used in the work.

Multiple Select

Which are examples of motif in "The Raven." Select two answers.

• Nevermore

• Chamber Door

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Balm in Gilead.

Multiple Choice

An allusion in "The Raven" is when the author references ...

• Lenore

• The bust of Pallas

• Nevermore

• Weary

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of onomatopoeia in "The Raven"? Select two answers.

• "tapping on my chamber door"

• "Deep into the darkness peering"

• "and an echo murmured back the word"

• "merely this and nothing more"

Multiple Choice

How does the author use onomatopoeia?

• To help the reader imagine how the narrator looks

• To create humor by describing the sound of the bird

• To create suspense by describing a mysterious tapping

• To give us the first important event of the poem

Match

Match the symbol with what it represents

• The bust of Pallas

• The Raven

• The Chamber

Sanity, wisdom, and scholarship

The grief over the loss of Lenore

Speaker’s attempt to shut himself away

• Sanity, wisdom, and scholarship

• The grief over the loss of Lenore

• Speaker’s attempt to shut himself away

Instructions: Collaborative Poster

1.

Each group is assigned a different
literary device to analyze in the poem.

2.

With your group, include all of the
information on your poster.

Group 1:
Metaphor

Group 2:

Onomatopoeia

Group 3:
Allusion

Group 4:

Motif-Object

Group 5:
Symbolism

Group 6:

Motif-Word/Phrase

This literary device is evident when the
text says “________.”

This literary device
means/shows________.

This is used because________.

The literary device is________.

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The Raven

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Collaborative Poster Presentations

1. Each group will present their poster to the class.

2. Your group will teach the class about a different literary device identified in the poem.

3. When you are not presenting you will listen, read, and complete the Literary Device Matrix. You will identify:

The type of literary device being
explained.

b.

An example from the poem.

c.

The author’s purpose of the literary device in the poem.

d.

An explanation of what it means.

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The Raven

By Edgar Allan Poe

This literary device is evident when the text says “Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian Shore"

This literary device means/shows that the Raven is possibly a messenger of death.

This is used because it is a reference to Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld

The literary device is:

Allusion

​Poster
Explemplar

Multiple Choice

Read the following line and select which literary device is used:

"On the pallid bust of Palace just above my chamber door"

• allusion

• motif

• unreliable narrator

• simile

Multiple Choice

What kind of literary devices are the image of the Raven and the word "nevermore"?

• allusion

• motif

• unreliable narrator

• simile

Multiple Choice

The author uses the metapor of calling the raven a prophet...

• to show that the narrator wants a message.

• to show that the Raven truly has supernatural powers.

• to compare the bird to Pallas.

• to compare the bird to Gilead.