VOCABULARY
This vocabulary word means courage or bravery.
What is VALOR?
He is the extraordinary hero at the center of the poem.
Who is Hiawatha?
These magical items allow Hiawatha to travel a mile in a single stride.
What are his moccasins?
Comparing Hiawatha‘s heart to a living coal using “like” is this literary device.
What is a simile?
An extraordinary hero, supernatural powers, and a large-scale conflict make this selection this kind of poem.
What is an epic poem?
Hiawatha’s ability to outrun an arrow demonstrates this word meaning speed.
What is fleetness?
She is Hiawatha’s grandmother, who raised him and warns him about his journey.
Who is Nokomis?
Hiawatha blames his father‘s abandonment for this tragic event.
What is his mother‘s death?
Describing pine trees as singing and sighing gives them human qualities.
What is personification?
Birds, forests, rivers, and other natural features in the introduction connect the stories to this
What is nature or the natural world?
This word describes exceptional skill or ability, especially in battle.
What is prowess?
She is Hiawatha’s mother, whose suffering motivates his anger.
Who is Wenonah?
Hiawatha asks what can harm his father because he wants this information.
What is his father’s weakness, which he can use against him?
Crashing rocks, shouting, and thunder create imagery that appeals to this sense.
What is hearing?
Hiawatha smiles and listens, but the burning-coal image reveals this hidden emotion.
What is anger?
A person who cannot easily be defeated or discouraged can be described with this word.
What is indomitable?
He is Hiawatha’s father and ruler of the West-Wind.
Who is Mudjekeewis?
Hiawatha pretends to fear this plant, then laughs when his father uses it as a weapon.
What is a bulrush?
“Wild winds whispered through the woods.”
What is Alliteration?
Hiawatha’s laughter at the bulrush reveals that his earlier terror was this.
What is pretendedfear to trick his father?
The prefix im- means “not”, and the Latin root mort relates to death. This word means unable to die.
What is immortal?
The speaker identifies this singer as the person from whom he heard the stories
Who is Nawadaha?
At the end, Mudjekeewis tells Hiawatha to return home and do these things.
What are work among his people and protect them?
“The black duck got stuck in the muck.”
What is consonance?
Mudjekeewis’ final instructions support this theme about how heroes should use their abilities.
What is heroes should use their strength to serve and protect others.