Narrative poetry

Can a narrative poem include musical effets

• no

• maybe

• yes

How many lines/verses does this poem have?

• 11

• 12

• 2

In "Miguel's Prophecy" why did Miguel dig ditches?

• He liked to dig

• He wanted to get dirty

• He would not have gotten paid

• He was cleaning roads

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door

• repetition
• rhyme
• alliteration
• suspense

Evaluate the theme of loss in "The Raven." How does Poe convey this theme through the narrator's interactions with the raven?

• The narrator's questions to the raven reflect his hope for reunion with Lenore.

• The raven's repeated word "Nevermore" emphasizes the permanence of loss.

• The setting of the poem in a dark, dreary room symbolizes the narrator's isolation.

• The narrator's initial curiosity about the raven turns into despair.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Next, who was sleeping on top of the dreaming child?

• The cat

• The dog

• A bird

How does the author create rhythm in the story?

• the characters sing

• some words rhyme

• all of the lines have the same syllable count

• there is no rhythm in the story

What is the "speaker" of a poem?

• the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud

• a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem

• the poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader

• the leading character or one of the major characters

How many days did the sun not shine in the sky?

• one

• two

• three

• four

Fill in the blank to Henry Wadsworth Lonfellow's famous poem:

Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of ____________.