Important Information for Class on Wednesday, 10/30

Ask Finn to show you the photo of the pumpkin he carved! He sent me a picture, but it hasn't come through yet. It's amazing.

Tomorrow in class, we'll be having a quiz on poetic devices in "The Raven" and comprehension of the poem, as well.  If you can answer these questions and provide examples from the text, you'll do fine on the quiz.

You can use JE 19/left and right on the quiz.

Be able to find provide two examples of each of these poetic devices from the poem.

So, find two examples of alliteration. Find one in any stanza 1-9, and another from any stanza 10-18 (total of two).

Do the same for assonance and internal rhyme.

You'll have a total of six examples.


Make sure to annotate your poem so you locate them tomorrow on the quiz.

Use this link:
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/start-fl.cfm

• Alliteration  (Stanza 1-9)  
• Alliteration (stanza 10-18) 
• Assonance (stanza 1-9) 
• Assonance (stanza 10-18) 
• Internal rhyme (stanza 1-9) 
• Internal rhyme  (stanza 10-18) 

Be able to answer the following questions. The link won't help you here. 

1. In the opening stanza, what's the mood the author creates? Specifically, how does he 

create it? 

2. Is there any indication that the narrator may have dreamt the entire episode? 

3. What is he hoping the Raven can tell him? 

4.  Do you trust the speaker? Do you think he gives us an accurate version of reality, or is it possible that he is making up or distorting some of these things?

Review your notes from the Introduction on "The Raven" tab.

Email me after 6 PM if you have questions, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I won't email you after 9 PM, though.