"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Read the line from the poem and choose the definition of the CAPITALIZED word: “Leave no black PLUME as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken” (99)!

• angel

• feather

• drink

• dreary

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“Swung by SERAPHIM whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor” (80)

• demon

• bird

• collection of knowledge

• angel

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Truly your forgiveness I IMPLORE" (line 20).

• beg/ask

• sad

• threatening

• conversation

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What are the reasons that the narrator is awake?

• He was missing his wife.

• He was reading.

• He heard a tapping.  

• He was drinking.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What caused the narrator to get up and open the door then the window?

• He had a visitor.

• He heard a tapping.

• The window was open.  

•  He wanted to go outside.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In the poem, the bust of Pallas is a symbol of-

• stupidity

• intelligence

• grief

• peace

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which detail from the poem best indicates how the narrator feels about the Raven when he first appears?

• Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly” (49)

• “Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling” (43)

• “Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door” (101)!

• “ Leave my loneliness unbroken” (100)!

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The Raven tells the narrator his name is Nevermore. This is an example of-

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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 Why does the narrator become mad at the Raven toward the end of the poem?

• The Raven won’t move off of the statue.

• The Raven will only say “Nevermore.”

• The Raven’s answer means there is no hope for his future getting better.

• The Raven tells him Lenore is o.k.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

“And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting/ On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door” (103-4)

The author includes these lines mainly to help the reader understand that-

• The Raven has been there a short time.

• The Raven has become the narrator’s friend.

• The Raven is annoying.

• The Raven has become like a statue himself.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5