Paul Revere's Ride

"Paul Revere's Ride" is an example of narrative poetry because it

• focuses on descriptions
• uses rhyme
• involves a plot
• includes stanzas

The events presented in this narrative poem take place

• in the future
• during modern times
• in the spring of 1975
• on April 18, 1775

Choose the best way to paraphrase these lines:
"He said to his friend, 'If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch,
Of the North Church tower as a signal light, -
One if by land, and two if by sea"

• Paul Revere meets a new friend in the belfry arch at the North Church.
• Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming.
• Some people know that the British soldiers will come into town at night.
• Half of the soldiers will march across land, and the other half will come by boat.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does Revere expect people to do in response to his actions?

• join him on his warning ride
• attack the British on the sea
• protect area roads and bridges
• rise and arm themselves

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

"Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar"
These lines suggest that the British warship looks like

• a moon
• a prison
• an animal
• a mountain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Revere watches the North Church belfry from

• Lexington
• a nearby farm
• a boat in the bay
• the opposite shore

"Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore."
What image do these lines create?

• soldiers marching together to their boats
• soldiers using their arms and legs to swim
• people measuring the distance between places
• people stomping to get the attention of others

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Revere's friend places two lanterns in the North Church belfry to

• show Revere where to begin and end his ride
• tell Revere that the soldiers are coming by sea
• view the cemetary in the churchyard below
• warn colonists that British soldiers are coming

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What does Revere do after he sees the two lanterns?

• fights with a British soldier who tries to cross the river
• climbs the tower of the old North Church to join his friend
• crosses the river to wait for the British to get out of their boats
• rides to Medford to warn people that the soldiers are on the way

What event do these lines describe?
"You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British Regulars fired and fled,-
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again"

• a battle between British soldiers and colonists
• the destruction of farmers' crops in the night
• Revere's ride through towns and villages
• a drill that prepares colonists to fight

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A