Fear Poetry & Article Review

​In “beware: do not read this poem,” to what does the speaker compare the poem?

• a mirror in a horror movie, into which people disappear

• ​another poem about a horrifying event in a strange house

• a horror movie, which is meant to terrify audience members

• ​a horror tale, in which people are pursued by an eerie woman

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​What happens to the child in “Windigo”?

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

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

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

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

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Read the following excerpt from “beware: do not read this poem.”

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​you are into this poem. from

​the waist down

​nobody can hear you can they?

​this poem has had you up to here

​belch

​this poem aint got no manners

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​Which of the following features of the stanza most clearly contributes to its distinctive style, or individual quality?

• ​the missing punctuation and use of slang such as aint

• ​its use of words such as waist and manners

• ​the fact that it does not use lines that rhyme

• the use of breaks between lines and of a question mark

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​Read the following stanza from “Windigo.”

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​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.

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​What general feelings are conveyed here?

• ​nervousness and tension

• ​excitement and joy

• ​stillness and peacefulness

• ​determination and dedication

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In, "The Raven," what is the significance of the alliteration in stanza 1: "weak and weary"?

• It rhymes with dreary

• W is near the end of the alphabet signifying the end of Lenore's life

• It stresses the physical and mental condition of the narrator

• It helps set the tone that is upbeat

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In, "The Raven," who did the narrator hope was at the door?

• The raven

• Lenore

• A seraphim

• An echo

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The raven sat on a bust of Pallas. What does this symbolize?

• The raven is wise.

• The raven is from Greece.

• Pallas and Athena are the same person.

• The sorrow the narrator feels.

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In, "The Raven," when the narrator states "my hopes have flown before", what tone is implied?

• dark

• desperate

• hopeful

• hopeless

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In, "The Raven," "unmerciful disaster" is what type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

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In, "The Raven," why was the lamplight gloating?

• Lenore would never sit in the chair again.

• The narrator would be lonely forever.

• The raven would never leave.

• The room was becoming dark.

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