The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere CCR

What is most likely the author’s purpose for writing the last six lines of stanza 3?

• to describe a British warship of the time

• to let readers know what is coming next

• to increase the pace of the action

• to establish a tense, spooky mood

Which phrase from those lines best supports your answer to Part A?

• “swinging wide”

• “Across the moon”

• “huge black hulk”

• its own reflection”

Who is the speaker of this poem

• an observer at the time

• a person at a later time

• Paul Revere’s friend

• Paul Revere

Which detail from the poem excerpt did

not help you identify the speaker in Part A?

• “And the measured tread of the grenadiers, / Marching down to their boats on the shore.”

• “Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, . . .”

• Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride / On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.”

• Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street, / Wanders and

  watches, with eager ears, . . .”

Which kind of figurative language does the poet use in the following lines of the poem?

The watchful night-wind, as it went

Creeping along from tent to tent,

And seeming to whisper, “All is well!”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which words from those lines helped you identify the figurative language in Part A?

• “as,” “went”

• “watchful,” “whisper”

• "night-wind,” “tent”

• “went,” “tent”

What does the word “muffled” mean in the phrase “muffled oar” in stanza 3?

• made with a special blade

• wrapped to soften or stop sound

• wrapped to keep warm and dry

• carved from a certain kind of wood

Which word from the stanza is a clue to the meaning of this word?

• “silently”

• “rowed”

• “shore”

• “bay”

Which meaning of the homograph “spell” is used in stanza 6?

• write a word’s letters in order

• period of time

• a person’s turn at work

• magic influence

Which word from the stanza helped you figure out the meaning of the homograph?

• “moment”

• "whisper”

• “feels”

• “thoughts”