Annabel Lee Vocab and questions

Based on the following excerpt from the text, which word is the best definition for the word maiden:

“That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of Annabel Lee”

• kid

• young girl

• housekeeper

• nurse

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Based on the text "With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven," which is the best definition of the underlined word?

• love

• demons

• angels

• birds

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"And neither the angels in Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;"

• put together

• see

• imagine

• tear apart

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee...

...In her tomb by the sounding sea."

• place to bury dead

• monument

• finger

• house

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"And neither the angels in heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea"

• bad people

• elves

• evil spirits

• good creatures

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so all the night-tide I lie down by the side

Of my darling — my darling — my life and my bride"

• sunrise

• night time

• high tide

• life

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"So that her highborn kinsmen came

And bore her away from me,"

• from a rich background

• from the high lands

• riding high horses

• doctors

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"In this kingdom by the sea

A wind blew out of a cloud chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me"

• kings and queens

• assistants

• criminals

• family members

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"A wind blew out of a cloud chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me

To shut her up in a sepulcher

In this kingdom by the sea."

• room

• hospital

• tomb

• tower

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.

"But we loved with a love that was more than love —

I and my Annabel Lee;

With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me"

• envied

• hide

• hated

• loved

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4