Annabel Lee

Read lines 5 and 6 from the first stanza.

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Refrain

• Simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the primary impression of Annabel Lee the author wants to create in lines 5 and 6?

• She is very young and innocent.

• She was enchanted by the sea.

• She loved the speaker very deeply.

• She was kind to everyone.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Read the second stanza. Which phrase is an example of hyperbole?

• I was a child.

• a love that was more than love

• my Annabel Lee

• the winged seraphs of heaven

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A line or lines that are repeated in a poem.

• refrain

• lyrics

• alliteration

• stanza

The figurative language in lines 11-12 suggests that --

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee was a gift from the heavens

• the speaker considers Annabel Lee to be like an angel

• the speaker hopes to reunite with Annabel Lee in the afterlife

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee could not be matched in the heavens or on Earth

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the second and third stanzas. Which of the wind's actions suggests it could have human qualities?

• It blows as fiercely as a hurricane.

• It blows so strongly that it is hard to stand up.

• The clouds might create a more intense wind.

• The wind gives Annabel Lee a chill that kills her.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read lines 21-22. In these lines the speaker uses hyperbole to emphasize --

• how cruel the angels in heaven were

• how content he an Annabel Lee were together

• how sad he was when Annbel Lee died

• how beautiful the kingdom by the sea was

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4