The Highwayman

In part 1, we learn that -

• the highwayman and Bess are secretly married
• Tim the ostler loves the landlord's daughter, Bess
• the highwayman is not really a thief
• Bess loves Tim the ostler, but he does not love her

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

• stagecoach is late
• horse goes lame
• redcoats harass him
• stagecoach is not carrying gold

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The redcoats probably learn of the highwayman's plans from - 

• Bess
• King George
• the innkeeper
• Tim the ostler

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

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

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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Poems are divided into different sections called...

• paragraphs
• stanzas
• lines
• end rhymes

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"The HIghwayman" is classified as a...

• narrative poem
• epic poem
• novel
• short story

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The author of "The Highwayman" is?

• Alfred Noyes
• John Yeats
• Dr. Seuess
• John Trueman

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CCSS.RL.8.10

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CCSS.RL.7.4

"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas..."

• simile
• metaphor
• allusion
• onomatopoeia

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An onomatopoeia is a...

• sound word
• rhyming word
• a negative word
• a positive word

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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

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