"The Raven" assessment

1. Choose the BEST OPTION that reflects the dark theme embodied in “The Raven”.

• A.    Being abandoned can drive you crazy.

• B. All humans are universally connected

• C. Grief can overcome humans and destroy them.

• D. A.    Humans have an evil tendency to harm others.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the figurative language in the given line from stanza two “Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor”.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomotopia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do books in the given line  “books surcease of sorrow” from stanza two symbolize?

• 1. Source of knowledge

• 2. Haven from sorrow

• 2. Entertainment

• 2. Literary work

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

  What is the rhyme scheme of Stanza two?

• A. aab bbc

• B. abc dbb

• C. abc bbb

• D. abb ddd

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Compose a stanza following the rhyme scheme of the second stanza in “The Raven”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

State a sound device that is depicted in one of the first three stanzas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

what meter does Poe use in the poem

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The tone of the poem is

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Briefly evaluate one psychological theme in the first three stanzas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the knocking on the narrator's door symbolizes?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4