Poe Test Study Guide:

Name: ________________________

Use this study guide to prepare for the test. These terms are also on Quizlet under Ms. Raineys
account: raineyfarmcards. TO DO WELL ON THIS TEST YOU NEED TO READ THE
TELL TALE HEART AND THE RAVEN. Review the characters and the plot of the story
and poem.
Literary Devices:
Allusion

alliteration

End Rhyme

Internal Rhyme

1. a reference to a character, place, or situation from another work of art or literature or

from history ___________________________
2. the repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words ___________________________
3. rhyme at the end of lines ___________________________
4. rhyme within a single line ___________________________
Text Vocabulary:
Ember

implore

bust

respite

tempest

balm in Gilead

5. a glowing fragment of wood in the ashes of a fire ___________________________

6. ask earnestly ___________________________
7. statue of the head and shoulders ___________________________
8. relief from pain in suffering; phrase used in the Bible _________________________
9. a brief period of relief from pain or labor ___________________________
10. a violent storm ___________________________
Word Generation:
Guarantee

contrast

Capacity

parallel

distribute

industry
method

logical

morality

11. to choose not to do something ___________________________

12. Promise ___________________________
13. reasonable; based on clear thinking ___________________________
14. a comparison to show difference ___________________________

abstain

15. to give out ___________________________

16. to match; to equal ___________________________
17. a way of doing something ___________________________
18. general business activity ___________________________
19. an ability ___________________________
20. a sense of right and wrong; values ___________________________