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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?
Loss and grief can have powerful effects on the mind.
The supernatural is proof that death is not the end
Fear is only a state of mind, and cannot significantly harm anyone.
Evil deeds will always come back to haunt us.
Is an example of which poetic device?
(Hint: repeating vowel sounds)
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."
placid means...
Peaceful
Cold
Gigantic
Lake
"...Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ‘Never—nevermore’.”
Melancholy likely means
sad, somber
delicious, noteworthy
hopeful, latent
monkeys, chimps
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—"
entreating likely means...
rewarding
knowing
asking
ending
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Is an example of...
Repetition (Parallelism)
Personification
Allusion
Alliteration
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
The word radiant probably means
Weak, small, frail
Young, innocent, naïve
Glowing light, beaming, illuminated
Evil, malevolent, cruel
Which sound device is used in the following phrase?
"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter"
End Rhyme
Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
