Annabel Lee

What is the primary impression of Annabel Lee the author wants to create in lines 5 and 6?

• She is very young and innocent.

• She was enchanted by the sea.

• She loved the speaker very deeply.

• She was kind to everyone.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The figurative language in lines 11-12 suggests that --

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee was a gift from the heavens

• the speaker considers Annabel Lee to be like an angel

• the speaker hopes to reunite with Annabel Lee in the afterlife

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee could not be matched in the heavens or on Earth

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read lines 30-33. The speaker uses hyperbole in these lines by claiming angels and demons --

• cannot separate his soul from Annabel Lee's

• all envied him and Annabel Lee

• greatly admired him and Annabel Lee

• plotted together to take Annabel Lee from him

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read lines 34-37. Here, the author uses figurative language to indicate that --

• Annabel Lee was superior to all other women

• the speaker's dreams of Annbel Lee are disturbing

• the stars feel sympathy for the speaker and shine brighter

• the speaker thinks and dreams of Annbel Lee constantly

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

According to the narrator, how did Annabel Lee die?

• A stranger attacked her by the ocean.

• She froze to death in a high wind.

• The jealous seraphs sent a wind to chill her.

• Her jealous relatives killed her.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the theme of the poem. What is the poem about? Choose the BEST answer. Remember the grey paragraph.

• The love between the narrator and Annabel is so strong it can't be stopped by death

• When there is jealousy and envy bad things can happen.

• When someone dies young it strongly influences our memories.

• Sometimes bad things happen to good people

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the poem's topic?

• The danger of living too close to the ocean

• The problems of getting along with your in-laws

• Love that can never be returned

• The death of a loved one

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the second stanza. Which phrase is an example of hyperbole?

• I was a child.

• a love that was more than love

• my Annabel Lee

• the winged seraphs of heaven

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the second and third stanzas. Which of the wind's actions suggests it could have human qualities?

• It blows as fiercely as a hurricane.

• It blows so strongly that it is hard to stand up.

• The clouds might create a more intense wind.

• The wind gives Annabel Lee a chill that kills her.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read lines 21-22. In these lines the speaker uses hyperbole to emphasize --

• how cruel the angels in heaven were

• how content he an Annabel Lee were together

• how sad he was when Annbel Lee died

• how beautiful the kingdom by the sea was

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5