ELA 12 A Semester Exam

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"The Raven"
by Edgar Allen Poe

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;

"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe

Question
Use the lines to answer the question.

In the first line, the words shutter and flutter are examples of

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Responses

alliteration
alliteration

rhyme scheme
rhyme scheme

enjambment
enjambment

internal rhyme
internal rhyme
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In the first line, the words "shutter" and "flutter" are examples of internal rhyme. Internal rhyme occurs when two or more words within the same line of poetry rhyme with each other.

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