The Highwayman and Figurative Language

Who wrote 'The Highwayman'?

• Alfred Noyes

• Alfred Tennyson

• Alfred Wilson

• Alfred Thomas

The Highwayman is what type of poem?

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Narrative

• Limerick

What is a Highwayman?

• A storyteller

• A thief

• A politician

• A teacher

Who is Bess?

• The landlord's daughter and the Highwayman's girlfriend

• The landlord's wife and the Highwayman's girlfriend

• The landlord's daughter and the Highwayman's boss.

• The landlord's daughter and the Highwayman's sister.

Who is Tim, the Ostler?

• One of King George's men

• A Highwayman

• A stable boy

• The landlord

The Highwayman tells Bess ...

• But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light

• “Now, keep good watch!”

• The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. 

• They said no word to the landlord. They drank his ale instead.  

This line is an example of what technique?

And the highwayman came riding—

         Riding—riding—

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Which line is an example of a metaphor?

• Dumb as a dog he listened

• His eyes were hollows of madness

• Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot!

• the hours crawled by like years

Which line is an example of a simile?

• Dumb as a dog he listened

• His eyes were hollows of madness

• Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot!

• the hours crawled by like years

Which line is an example of personification?

• Dumb as a dog he listened

• His eyes were hollows of madness

• Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot!

• the hours crawled by like years