Paul Revere's Ride and Figurative Language

Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,

In their night-encampment on the hill,

Wrapped in silence so deep and still

That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,

The watchful night-wind,

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,

In their night-encampment on the hill,

Wrapped in silence so deep and still

That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,

The watchful night-wind,

Why does the author use this simile?

• to compare the silence to the careful step of a sentinel (soldier)

• to exaggerate the noise the wind was making

• so the reader can imagine what it's like to be dead

• he needed a word that rhymed with dead

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The watchful night-wind, as it went

Creeping along from tent to tent,

And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The watchful night-wind, as it went

Creeping along from tent to tent,

And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”

What human characteristics is the wind displaying?

• creeping

• living in a tent

• whispering

• feeling well

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5