The Raven

The speaker is upset about losing a  

• Book
• Loved One
• Bird
• Statue

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What words use alliteration to create rhythm in lines 14–15?

• “thrilled me,” “filled me”
• “fantastic,” “terrors,” “never”
• “filled,” “fantastic,” “felt”
• “beating,” “repeating”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

• concludes that a servant needs help
• guesses that a bird is in the hall
• assumes he has a visitor
• imagines Lenore is speaking

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The raven enters the speaker’s room and sits on

• a bust of a Greek goddess
• the edge of the door
• the arm of the chair
• a purple curtain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian”? 

• He worries that the raven is sick.
• He is confused by the raven’s answers.
• He is preoccupied with death and ghosts. 
• He fears that Lenore is held captive.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the speaker imagine after the raven first speaks?   A.     B.     C.   D. 

• hearing tapping
• seeing Lenore
• drinking deeply
• smelling incense

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird

• says that the speaker will never see Lenore again 
•  tells the speaker that he will die very soon
• speaks about the ruler of the underworld
• tries to push the speaker out of the room

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of “still is sitting” in the last stanza helps you infer that the speaker

• resents the raven’s presence in the room
• thinks the raven is a sign from heaven
• has grown friendly with the raven
• wonders if the raven will speak again

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Where is the raven at the end of the poem?

• outside the speaker’s house in a storm 
• on the bust above the speaker’s door
• near the speaker’s velvet chair
• ashore on a deserted island

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

You can make the inference that the speaker hates the raven because the speaker

• says the raven really is the devil
• builds a trap to capture the bird
• leaves the room and never comes back
• blames the bird for his loss of hope

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6