Annabel Lee - Literature and Drama 7BL

Who wrote Annabel Lee?

• William Shakespeare

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Robert Frost

• Gary Soto

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Who is the speaker in the poem?

• Annabel Lee

• A ghost

• Someone deeply saddened by loss.

• The wind

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.8.5

Mark the most interesting word from the poem in your opinion.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.8.5

In a kingdom by the sea.

• Character

• Plot

• Setting

• Solution

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The Speaker and Annabel Lee.

• Character

• Plot

• Setting

• Solution

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The speaker can’t overcome his grief because of Annabel Lee’s death.

• Character

• Plot

• Setting

• Solution

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The poem finishes with the speaker telling how no one can ever separate their souls from one another.

• Character

• Plot

• Setting

• Solution

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which line in the poem suggests that the narrator blames supernatural beings for the death of Annabel Lee?

• "So that her highborn kinsmen came, And bore her away from me..."

• "But our love it was stronger by far than the love, Of those who were older than we..."

• "The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me.."

• " For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee..."

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What are some topics the poem touches on?

• Death, love, loss of a loved one, dealing with death

• friendship

• loyalty, kindness, and patience

• the sea and its scary depths

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In literature, the feeling a work creates is known as mood. Provide three specific examples of how Poe establishes mood through word choice (you can use any words from the poem).

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5