Making Predictions in a Mystery: "Object Lesson" — Unit test
Question 8 • FL-1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 A-CR
Read this stanza from "The Raven."Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before."Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore–Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;– 'Tis the wind and nothing more."
Answer
A
the reader knows what is making the noise while the speaker does not.
B
the speaker and the reader wait again to find out what is making the noise.
C
the tapping gets louder, which foreshadows that the noise is made by a bird.
D
the wind gets stronger and makes more noise against the speaker’s window.