"The Raven" ESL Vocabulary

Ominous means...

• obvious 
• imaginary
• understood
• threatening

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Tempest is...

• a roller coaster ride
• a bad
• a violent storm
• a lonely night

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Implore is another word for...

• beg
• demand
• ask
• forget

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

Craven is another word for...

• friend
• coward
• relative
• word that rhymes with Raven

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Placid is another word for

• plastic
• calm and peaceful
• anxious 
• tired

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

The speaker of the Raven is quite:

• elated
• tempest 
• brave
• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.6

Melancholy means...

• sad
• happy
• upset
• angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

The poem seems quite macabre or

• horrifying 
• pleasant
• exciting 
• disappointing 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

The day was bleak, with chilling winds and a gray, cloudy sky.  Bleak means

• beautiful and cheerful
• warm and windy
• hot and dry
• bare, gloomy, and cold

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

The lattice fence surrounded her garden. Lattice means

• a structure of crisscrossed metal or wooden strips with spaces between them
• sacred days of the past
• a black bird
• a song played at a funeral

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D