The Raven Figurative Language

beguiling my sad fancy into smiling

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"whose fiery eyes now burned "

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the lamplight gloated o'er

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

is there balm in Gilead

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"within the distant Aidenn"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

On the pallid bust of Pallas

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

“Swung by SERAPHIM whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor” (80)

• demon

• bird

• collection of knowledge

• angel

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (1).

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping," (3).

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5