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WorksheetsPaul Revere's Ride analysis
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What mood is created when Revere rows to Charlestown shore?
joyful
apprehensive
melancholy
somber
What mood do the words stealthy tread, eager ears, tramp of feet, Grenadiers, muster of men, sound of arms, marching, silence, trembling ladder, wanders and watches create at the Old North Church?
melancholy
Urgent
apprehensive
enthusiastic
How do the characters of Revere and his friend differ?
Revere is bold and fearless. His friend is more cautious and apprehensive.
Revere is careful and independent. His friend is makes mistakes easily.
Revere is attentive. His friend is not attentive.
Revere cares about his purpose. His friend does not care.
From what point of view or views is the poem told?
first and third
third
second
second and third
What mood do the following words create in the poem? A hurry of hoofs in a village street, impatient to mount and ride, but mostly he watched with eager search, wonders and watches with eager ears, he springs to the saddle
melancholy
urgent
joyful
apprehensive
What is compared in the following metaphor and what mood is created? "A huge black hulk/phantom ship
The Incredible Hulk is compared to a ship. It creates a comical mood.
A British ship is compared to a huge black ghostly shadow. An apprehensive mood is created.
A monster is compared to a ghost. An apprehensive mood is created.
A British ship is compared to a black mass of nothingness. A melancholy is mood is created.
What literary device is used in the following example and what does it mean? "saw the gilded weathercock swim in the moonlight as he passed"
Personification--It means that a weathercock was spinning in the wind.
Personification--It means that a bird was flying across the sky.
Metaphor--It means that a bird is compared to the wind.
Symbolism--It means that the weathercock symbolizes freedom.
What literary device is used in this example and what does it mean? “the bloody work they will look upon.”
Symbolism--It means "bloody work" symbolizes bloodshed from the war.
Alliteration--It means that the war will be bloody.
Dialogue--It means that there will be bloodshed.
Foreshadowing--It means that there will be bloodshed when the war starts.
When reading the first stanza, a rhythm is developed that continues throughout the entire poem. What is this rhythm? What does the rhythm symbolize?
Horse hoof beats--It symbolizes Paul Revere's journey to lead the Revolution and bring freedom.
Horse hoof beats--It symbolizes movement throughout the poem.
Drum beats--It symbolizes the spirit of war.
A teacher reading--It symbolizes being invited along on the journey.
Which is not an example of alliteration in the example below?
To the belfry chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the somber rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade—
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall, Part 1
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
pigeons from their perch
masses and moving
moonlight flowing
trembling ladder steep and tall
What is the symbol in the example and what does it mean?
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
steed--It means revolutionary spirit
spark--It means light
spark--It means revolutionary spirit
nation--It means revolutionary spirit
Which is not a theme in the poem?
No matter what the odds, if you try you can prevail.
We have to fight for freedom or do whatever it takes to get it.
Heroes make a huge difference that will always be
remembered.
The one who leads should get all the glory while others who helped should be forgotten.
What literary element is the following example? What does it mean? "A phantom ship... across the moon like a prison bar"
Metaphor--It means the British ship is being compared to a prison for the colonists.
Symbolism--It means the British ship represents oppression.
Simile--It means the British ship is being compared to the moon.
Simile--It means the British ship is being compared to a prison for the colonists.
What mood is created in the following words? What literary device is used?
glimmer and gleam of light
hopeful, alliteration
apprehensive, alliteration
apprehensive, symbolism
enthusiastic, personification
What tone is created in the first stanza? What words create that tone?
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Instructive--Listen my children and you shall hear; on the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five
Admiration--Hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year
Informative--Listen my children and you shall hear
Anxious--Listen my children and you shall hear
