Poetry Reading Comprehension

Which lines of the poem tell us that the poet did not live in the same time as the subject of the poem?

• lines 24 and 25

• lines 6 and 7

• lines 4 and 5

• lines 11 and 12

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is Paul Revere riding on?

• a bike

• a horse

• a carriage

• none of these

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is Paul Revere warning the people of?

• bad weather

• a battle

• the invasion of the British

• a phantom ship

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

If the British attack from sea, how many lanterns will be hung in the North Church?

• two

• one

• three

• none

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Where will Paul Revere wait for the signal?

• in the belfry of the North Church

• Middlesex

• on the opposite shore

• in the barracks

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

How do you think Longfellow feels about Revere?

• He thinks he is foolish

• He thinks he is reckless

• He admires him

• He is frightened by him

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• two

• four

• five

• one

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Read the following lines from stanza 3 of the poem of the poem and determine if there is rhyme.

15 Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled oar

16 Silently rowed to the Charleston shore

17 Just as the moon rose over the bay,

18. Where swinging wide at her moorings lay

• Yes, oar and bay rhyme

• No, oar and bay rhyme

• Yes, oar and shore rhyme

• No, bay and lay do not rhyme

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What point of view is the poem written?

• third person point of view

• first person point of view

• my point of view

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

In the third stanza, the author uses a simile comparing the ship and the moon to a prisoner. Line 20 and 21 read as follows:

20 A phantom ship, with each mast and spar

21 Across the moon like a prison bar

The lines mean the ship passes by like a prison bar, it was like a wall where it prevents the light of the moon to reach the prisoner

Is the lines 20 and 21 an example of a

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5