WorksheetsACC THE RAVEN
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
What type of figurative language is this? "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
What type of figurative language is this? “...suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
What type of figurative language is this? “To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core”
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
Choose the correct word for the definition: To bring about the end; an ending to something.
Mien
Entreating
Quaff
Plume
Surcease
Choose the correct word for the definition: Charmless and inhospitable; dreary.
Bleak
Obeisance
Lore
Beguiling
Plume
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words is:
alliteration
consonance
assonance
end rhyme
internal rhyme
The repetition of vowel sounds is:
alliteration
consonance
assonance
end rhyme
internal rhyme
die soon
never escape his grief
be reunited with Lenore
make his sorrow the subject of a great poem
. Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?
Happiness is fleeting.
The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.
The poet will never sleep again.
Grief is a manifestation of insanity.
What is the noise the narrator first hear?
a. his enemy
b. the wind
c. knocking on the door
d. his friend playing tricks
What does the narrator expect to find when he opens the door and look out?
a. a Greek God come to life
b. angels
c. a woman who has died
d. himself looking back at him
What's the poem's mood?
a. reassuring
b. romantic
c. soothing
d. despairing
The raven was able to charm the speaker.
pondered
surcease
beguiling
countenance
The raven showed the speaker no respect, and flew right in the window.
beguiling
entreating
obeisance
implore
The raven had confidence and was not discouraged.
implore
beguiling
censer
undaunted
The narrator was sitting in his chamber when a raven tapped on his window. What is a chamber?
chair
bed
room
bathtub
The narrator is entreating and begging the raven for answers. What does entreating mean?
pleading
imploring
requesting
all of these
