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Literary Elements
Setting
Plot
History
100
Suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping What is this an example of?
Simile
100

What time does the story take place?

Midnight

100
How does the raven get in the room?
He flies in the window
100
Where was Poe born?
Boston, Massachusetts
200
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor What is this an example of?
Metaphor
200
What month does the story take place?
December
200
What is the name of the man's lost love?
Lenore
200
What were the professions of Poe's parents?
Actors
300

Giving human characteristics to a non-human object

What is Personification?

300
When the poem starts, what is the man reading?
Folklore
300
What does the man see when he opens the door?
Darkness
300
What was Poe's foster father's name?
John Allan
400
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. What is this an example of?
Assonance
400
Where is the raven now?
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting just above my chamber door;
400
What is the conflict?
He has lost his love Lenore
400
Where did Poe serve in the army?
West Point
500
Find your own literary element not mentioned by us!
Good Luck
500

What bust is above the man's chamber door?

Bust of Pallas

500
What question, that the raven answers nevermore to, makes the man really anger?
Am I ever going to see my lost love Lenore again?
500
Poe was the master of the ____________ thriller.
Psychological