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The Raven
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Review of vocabulary and poetry analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.
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When a tangible object represents an abstract idea.
Allusion
theme
symbolism
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When two or more words rhyme within one line.
internal rhyme
Rhyme scheme
external rhyme
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The author's message or lesson in a story.
unreliable narrator
internal rhyme
theme
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What does the Raven symbolize in the poem?
Pallas
Pluto
the narrator's grief
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What was the narrator doing in the first two stanzas?
reading books
trying to fall asleep
thinking about Lenore
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"As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of
repetition
sybolism
refrain
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"Take thy beak from out my heart" is an example of
literal
simile
metaphor
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What poetic device is "nodded, nearly, napping"?
external rhyme
alliteration
internal rhyme
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Why does Poe include mythological allusions to Pallas (goddess of war) and the Plutonian shore?
They contribute to the scary environment of the setting.
To add to narrator's belief the raven is evil/other-worldly.
They show the inner conflict of the narrator's mind.
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When a text refers to another literary or historical work.
allusion
rhyme scheme
symbolism
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What significant event occurred in Poe's life before he wrote The Raven?
his mother passed away
his best friend passed away
his wife passed away
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What kind of poem is The Raven?
narrative poem
epic poem
sonnet
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When the narrator says "respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore," what is he asking?
He is begging for the Raven to take away his pain.
He is begging for a drug to help him forget his loss.
He is begging for Pluto to take him to the underworld.
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What is the setting of The Raven?
the narrator's chamber
all of the above
December
at night
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Someone whose perspective cannot be trusted/may not be accurate.
allusion
external rhyme
unreliable narrator
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The rhyming pattern of a poem overall.
Rhyme scheme
internal rhyme
external rhyme
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When the ends of two ore more lines rhyme.
external rhyme
rhyme scheme
internal rhyme
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"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December" is an example of
external rhyme
internal rhyme
repetition
