Foreshadowing is when...

An author gives a hint about what's coming up

The story takes a turn for the worse

In part 1, we learn that -

Tim the ostler loves the landlord's daughter, Bess

the highwayman and Bess are secretly married

the highwayman is not really a thief

Bess loves Tim the ostler, but he does not love her

In part 1, the highwayman plans to return to Bess before daylight unless the -

stagecoach is not carrying gold

In part 2, the redcoats

tie Bess up and place a musket by her chest

torture Bess into giving up the highwayman

show her the highwayman's lifeless body

Which of the following lines best illustrates the poem's setting?

"The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor"

"His eyes were follows of madness, his hair like moldy hay"

"He's a French cocked hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin."

"Plaiting a dark red love knot into her long black hair"

Bess's hair is described as "a black cascade of perfume." What does cascade mean here?

Her hair is wet from a waterfall

Her hair is all tangled and snarly

At the very end of the poem (the last two stanzas) the highwayman is described as

a ghostly figure riding up to the inn door

What does the highwayman do? Like for a living?

He lets Bess do all work; no job for him!

Why were the redcoats waiting for the highwayman?

They wanted to catch the robber

They wanted him to join their troop

When does the poem say that the Highwayman finds out that Bess has died?

He never finds out, they kill him first

The Highwayman

Authored by Natalie Jordan

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author of "The Highwayman" is?

Alfred Noyes

John Yeats

Dr. Seuess

John Trueman

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"The HIghwayman" is classified as a...

narrative poem

epic poem

novel

short story

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Poems are divided into different sections called...

paragraphs

stanzas

lines

end rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The setting of the poem is...

English countryside 1700s

English city 1600s

American suburbs early 2000s

Ireland 1900s

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A simile is a ...

comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

A comparison between two opposites

a comparison saying one thing is the other

when a character smiles

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A metaphor is...

a comparison between things saying one is the other

a reference to another literary work

words repeating the same beginning letter

two contrasting images

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alliteration is when...

nearby words repeat the same beginning consonant

words sound the same but mean different things

words at the end of the lines rhyme

a reference to another literary work

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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The Highwayman

The author of "The Highwayman" is?

"The HIghwayman" is classified as a...

Poems are divided into different sections called...

The setting of the poem is...

A simile is a ...

A metaphor is...

Alliteration is when...

An onomatopoeia is a...

Foreshadowing is when...

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