Why did Poe choose to use a raven versus a parrot or an owl?

Ravens often appear in legend and literature as sinister omens

The Raven is happy and Poe writes about happy things

The Raven is black and can speak.

Owls and parrots are too scary for people to read about.

What is an example of personification in Stanza 2? (Hint: relating a non-human object to human)

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor

When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore", how does the narrator respond?

he grows increasingly frustrated

What big question represents the theme of "The Raven?

What does it take to be a survivor?

What are you willing to sacrifice?

What does the poet refer to in the opening stanza of the poem "Beware: Do not Read This Poem"?

He refers to an episode of the television show Thriller, in which an old woman surrounded herself with mirrors

He offers a statistic from the U.S. Bureau of Missing Persons.

In "Beware: Do not Read This Poem", What happens when the villagers break into the old woman’s house?

The old woman disappears into the mirror.

The old woman calls the police and has the villagers arrested.

What are the characteristics of Ishmael Reed’s writing style?

Reed uses irregular abbreviations and little punctuation.

Reed uses a definite rhyme scheme

whats the definition of sumac?

a small tree with bright colors

a werewolf that only comes out a night

What happens to the child in “Windigo”?

c. The child is kidnapped and carried into the woods by the Windigo.

a. The child is terrified by a nightmare about a horrible creature.

b. The child is frightened and runs into the deep woods with a dog.

d. The child is scolded by the mother for knocking a kettle into the fire.

Read the following stanza from “Windigo.” You knew I was coming for you, little one, when the kettle jumped into the fire. Towels flapped on the hooks, and the dog crept off, groaning, to the deepest part of the woods. What general feelings are conveyed by the details in this stanza?

d. determination and dedication

Windigo, The Raven and Beware

Authored by Jesika White

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What time does the poem take place?

midnight

noon

morning

afternoon

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30 sec • 1 pt

When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door", who did he think was outside?

his neighbor

the raven

some late night visitor

his mother

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The speaker is upset about losing a

Book

Loved One

Bird

Statue

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30 sec • 1 pt

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

concludes that a servant needs help

guesses that a bird is in the hall

assumes he has a visitor

imagines Lenore is speaking

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2 mins • 1 pt

What are 3 words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone?

dreary, weak, weary

napping, tapping, rapping

quaint, curious and forgotten

midnight, pondered, muttered

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30 sec • 1 pt

At first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —

revulsion

fear

anger

amusement

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"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device

repetition

rhyme

alliteration

suspense

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Windigo, The Raven and Beware

What time does the poem take place?

When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door", who did he think was outside?

The speaker is upset about losing a

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

What are 3 words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone?

At first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —

"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device

"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device

"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
Is an example of which poetic device?

Why did Poe choose to use a raven versus a parrot or an owl?

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Windigo, The Raven and Beware

What time does the poem take place?

When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door", who did he think was outside?

The speaker is upset about losing a

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

What are 3 words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone?

At first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —

"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device

"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device

"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." Is an example of which poetic device?

Why did Poe choose to use a raven versus a parrot or an owl?

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"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
Is an example of which poetic device?