1. which describes the mood created by the setting of "the raven"?

* gloomy
* murderous
* bittersweet
* alarming

2. what is the refrain in "the raven"?

* nevermore
* lenore
*rhyme
*raven

3. what is the allusion in the following line?
tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's plutonian shore?
(in the pictures attached)

4.read the passage:
while i nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.
identify the effect of the alliteration in this passage.
(in the pictures attached)

link to the poem:

QUESTION 1: The correct answer is A.

The mood created in Poe's poem "The Raven," is gloomy because it tells the tale of a man filled with sorrow caused by the loss of his lover, which is worsened by the visit of a misterious raven.

QUESTION 2: The correct answer is A.

The refrain the raven repeats during the poem is "Nevermore."

QUESTION 3: The correct answer is B.

Both "lordy name" and "Night's Plutonian shore" refer to Pluto. In classical Greco-Roman mythology Pluto was the ruler of the underworld.

QUESTION 4: The correct answer is A.

The words "napping" and "tapping" rhyme. This is known as internal rhyme, since the two words are within a single line of verse.

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hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.