Analzying Literary Devices to Determine Themes Exit Slip

Read the passage.

Part A: What can be inferred about the speaker in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

• The speaker begins to believe that the raven is cursed.

• The speaker's guilt over his feelings for Lenore is personified in the raven.

• The speaker thinks that Lenore is disguised as the raven.

• The speaker believes the raven is not a real bird but a ghost.

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Part B: Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

• "'Prophet!' said I, 'thing of evil! —prophet still, if bird or devil!'"

• "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"

• "And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor"

• "And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor"

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Which line from the stanza best supports the idea that the speaker wants to end his grief?

• "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,"

• "From my books surcease (stop my) sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—"

• "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—

• "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—

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Re-read the passage.

How does the symbol of the raven in these lines reflect the meaning (theme) of the poem?

• It hints that true love can never really die.

• It provides hope that there is an afterlife.

• It suggests the sorrow and finality of death.

• It shows that death conquers love.

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Re-read the poem.

How might the symbol of the glimmering girl affect the poem?

• A. It highlights the memories Aengus has of his childhood.

• It represents the girl's connection to the beauty and vitality of nature.

• It represents the myth of wood nymphs in the woods.

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How does the phrase, "Though I am old with wandering" affect the tone of the poem?

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• It gives the poem a nostalgic and melancholy tone.

• It gives the poem an anxious and paranoid tone.

• It gives the poem a mischievous and playful tone.

• It gives the poem an apathetic and uncaring tone.

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