Literary Elements
Beat! Beat! Drums!
What is Repetition
Whitman's message and purpose
What is to get men to join the army to fight during the Civil War
Peyton Farquhar is characterized as a
What is a gentleman
The Federal Scout luring Farquhar to try to burn the bridge is an example of ______ conflict
Man v man or North v South
Bierce's story makes one contemplate that old dictum
What is all is fair in love and war
Blow bugles blow
What is Alliteration
Getting a group to do something you want them to do
What is propaganda
Providing details that only a soldier would know is an example of
What is realism
Farquhar imagining he escaped and returned to his home
Internal
Man v self
Sentinel meaning
What is guard
Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation
What is Imagery
Places the poem is set
What are villages and cities
The rope draped around his neck, hung over the stout timber and the slack rope fell to his knees is an example of
What is realism
Soldiers on the bridge hanging Farquhar
Man v man
The purpose of conflict is to
What is propel the narrative forward
So fierce you whirr and pound you drums—so shrill you bugles blow.
What is Onomatopoeia
Punctuation in the poem supports the message by
What is lack of periods to show that there is no time to waste.
Farquhar's delirium is evidence of
Foreshadowing
Bierce can bring realism to the story since
What is he was in the army and the war from 1861-65
The conflict that occurred that caused the story to occur
What is Farquhar tried to burn the Owl Creek Bridge
"Rhyme structure of the poem.
What is free verse
Onomatopoeia helps develop the poem by
What is providing the call to arms
Seeing the veining of the leaves and the eye of the marksman are evidence of Farquhar's
delirium (foreshadowing)
Farquhar says he is a student of hanging to
What is illustrate how far he will go to support his cause.
The most famous drummer boy
Who is Johnny Clem