The Raven

What is the relationship between Lenore and the narrator?

• Lenore is the narrator’s best friend; the narrator believes Lenore is in love with him.

• Lenore is the narrator’s true love whom has recently passed away.

• Lenore is the narrator’s girlfriend who just broke up with him.

• Lenore is the owner of a pet shop; the narrator believes she has sent him a Raven as a present.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The phrase “the lamplight gloated o’er” is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Assonance

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which type of figurative language is used in the following line, “Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before”? Yes...there's alliteration, but it isn't a choice, so there's something else...

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The phrase “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personifcation

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The phrase “Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary” is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• assonance

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?

• The raven will never leave the chamber

• The poet will never sleep again

• A talking raven is a symbol of madness

• The poet will grieve Lenore’s death forever

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following best describes the theme of the poem?

• The sorrow and sadness that comes with the loss of a loved one can never be undone.

• Evil spirits take many forms and can haunt one relentlessly for past misdeeds.

• Fear is only an internal conflict, and cannot actually harm one.

• The natural world is hostile and evil.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What month does the poem take place?

• November

• August

• December

• October

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The rhyme scheme of the poem is

• AABBCC.

• ABCABC.

• AAABCB.

• ABCBBB.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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The format of the poem contains

• internal rhymes.

• alliteration.

• end rhymes.

• All of the above.

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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