A Review of "The Raven"

Select the poetic devices used in "The Raven".

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who has the narrator of "The Raven" lost?

• Eyesore

• Eyore

• Veronica

• Lenore

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"...tapping, tapping..." uses which poetic strategies?

• personification

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• meter

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A synonym for ebony is...

• black

• white

• yellow

• orange

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Pallas is:

• of Irish descent (related to the legend of St. Patrick) and a symbol of luck

• from Middle Eastern culture (the birth name of Gilgamesh) and a symbol of fidelity

• of Russian heritage (a pseudonym of Rasputin) and a symbol of death

• from Greek Mythology (the goddess Athena) and a symbol of wisdom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is repeated over and over again by the Raven?

• I'll take more

• Furthermore

• I'm sore

• Nevermore

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt" is an example of:

• repetition

• rhyme

• couplet

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core" is an example of:

• rhyme

• sensory language

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"balm in Gilead" means

• an oar to row you to safety

• a cow in a pasture in biblical times

• a medicine used to cure people in biblical times

• an ancient prophet in biblical times

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"balm in Gilead" is an allusion to:

• Greek mythology

• the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible