Edge Level B Unit 5 - Division of Language Arts/Reading

into pieces. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.” Option B is incorrect because he feels
he is able to hear things very clearly. As the reader learns on page 450, “But why will you say
that I am mad? The disease had made my senses sharper…. Above all, my sense of hearing was
sharp. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. How, then, can you say I am mad?”
Option C is incorrect because the narrator thinks that the planning and execution of the murder
shows his sanity, ignoring the fact that committing the murder may not be considered a sane act.
As the reader learns on page 450, “You think I am mad. But a person who is mad knows
nothing. You should have seen me and how wisely I acted. I was cautious, and I planned
ahead.” Option D is correct because as the narrator relates this part of the story, he does not
profess his sanity. As the reader learns on page 455, “Three men entered the house. They
introduced themselves as police officers…. I smiled—for what did I have to fear? I greeted the
officers warmly.
Edge Level B
Unit 5
Cluster 3
“The Raven”
6. Edgar Allan Poe uses alliteration in many lines EXCEPT
F. line 1: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
G. line 27: “But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,”
H. line 3: “While I sat there, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,”
I. line 37: “Open wide I flung the shutter, when, with many a flit and flutter,”
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The correct answer is G.
Options F, H, and I are incorrect because they examples of descriptive language
or figurative language drawn from the text related to the question being tests.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds (usually consonants) at the beginning of words
that are close together which is seen with the author’s use of pl at the beginning of plane and
plopped (page 842, Literary Terms). Option F is incorrect because it contains an example of
alliteration—the repetition of wea at the beginning of weak and weary. Option G is correct
because it does not contain an example of alliteration. Although two words begin with an s they
make different sounds, /s/ and /st/. Option H is incorrect because it contains an example of
alliteration—the repetition of n at the beginning of nearly and napping. Option I is incorrect
because it contains an example of alliteration—the repetition of fl at the beginning of flung, flit,
and flutter.
7. Read the lines from the poem.
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore!”
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