Narrative Poetry

"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed..."

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The moonwas a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas..."

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The HIghwayman" is classified as a...

• narrative poem

• epic poem

• novel

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CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the purpose of adding “Tlot-tlot” in many of the stanzas of the poem?

• To allow readers to understand the setting.

• To create an eery, creepy tone because the Highwayman was coming.

• To add an onomatopoeia, allowing readers to hear and visualize and hear the horses riding in.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which statement would the poet most likely agree with as to why Bess killed herself?

• She cannot stand to live after the Highwayman is killed.

• She feels guilty that the Highwayman will be killed.

• She wants to warn the Highwayman about the soldiers.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.9A

The beginning and the end of the poem are very similar. What do these lines of the poem suggest?

• the Highwayman was only dreaming that he and Bess died.

• the ghosts of the Highwayman and Bess return to the inn.

• the story is going to be repeated with new characters.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In the poem, how did the redcoats know that the highwayman would be coming to see Bess?

• It was probably common knowledge in the town.

• Tim the ostler had told them.

• Bess's father had told them. Bess's father had told them.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Which of these details is most closely related to the central conflict in "The Highwayman?"

• Bess plaits a dark red love knot into her hair.

• Bess hears the sound of the Highwayman's horse before the soldiers do.

• Bess has long black hair.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why doesn't the blacksmith "owe" anyone?

• He relies on many other people.

• He doesn't rely on anyone else.

• He is always asking for more.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is an anvil?

• The platform people dive from.

• The hammer the blacksmith uses

• The platform a blacksmith shapes metal on.

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4