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Figurative Language
Quotes from the Poem
More Figurative Language
Comprehension
100
This creepy fella secretly listens in as the Highwayman and Bess share a private moment.
Who is Tim the Ostler?
100
"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn yard..." This is called....
What is alliteration?
100
"He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin, A coat of claret velvet and breeches of brown doeskin. They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh...."
Who is the Highwayman?
100
Tlot, tlot! Had they heard it? The horse hoofs ringing clear; Tlot, tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?
What is onomotopoeia?
100
Bess struggles to fire the musket the redcoats had tied to her because she....
What is wanted the shot to warn the Highwayman of danger?
200
This group of men come to the inn and tie up the landlord's daughter...These men are called what?
What are the redcoats? I will also take: What are King George's men?
200
"Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say..." This is an example of?
What is a simile?
200
"His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like moldy hay..."
Who is Tim the Ostler?
200
"He Whistled a tune to the Window and Who should be Waiting there...."
What is alliteration?
200
The Highwayman starts to return to the inn where the redcoats are waiting for him in the MIDDLE of the night because he wants to ....
What is keep the promise he made to Bess the night before?
300
This handsome man is a robber.
Who is the Highwayman?
300
"And he kissed its waves in the moonlight, (O, sweet waves in the moonlight,) Then he tugged at his rein in the moonlight"
What is repetition?
300
"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight, But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, Then look for me by the moonlight, watch for me by the moonlight, I'll come to thee by the moonlight though hell should bar the way....Explain this quote....
It means: Give me a kiss because I'm off to go robbing. Don't worry, I'll be back in the morning unless I am being chased. If I am being chased, I'll be back at night...I promise, no matter what...hell can't even stop me.
300
"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees"
What is a metaphor?
300
Explain why the redcoats are waiting for the Highwayman at the inn.
What is they want to catch a robber?
400
This person is the Highwayman's love interest and the landlord's daughter.
Who is Bess?
400
..and the hours crawled by....
What is personification?
400
"For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that HE would ride..." Who is the "he" in this part of the poem?
Who is the Highway man?
400
creaked, peaked, hay, daughter, daughter, say...is an example of...
What is "end rhyme" Bonus: What is the pattern????
400
When the Highwayman discovers that Bess has died...what does he do?
What is he rushes back toward the inn in an angry rage?
500
An ostler is another name for this type of job.
What is a stable hand?
500
"When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor" is an example of....
What is a metaphor?
500
Back, he spurred like a madman, shouting a curse to the sky. With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high. Blood red were his spurs in the golden noon; wine red was his velvet coat; When they shot him down on the highway, down like a dog on the highway....When the poet uses the word "dog" who does this remind you of from the beginning of the poem?
Who is Tim the Ostler
500
"And the highwayman came riding, riding, riding..The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door..."
What is repetition?
500
At the VERY end of the poem explain what happens to the highwayman...
What is he returns to the inn as a ghostly figure.
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