1a. What words are used to describe the highwayman's appearance? What does he do when he arrives at the inn at the beginning of the poem? What promise does he make to Bess?
2a. Who is Tim and what does he look like? What does he do as the highwayman and Bess talk?
3a. When do King George's soldiers arrive at the inn, and what do they do to Bess? How does she warn the highwayman about the soldiers? What happens to the highwayman?
1b. What does the highwayman's appearance reveal about his character? What feelings do the highwayman and Bess seem to have for each other?
2b. What does Tim's appearance suggest about his character? Based on what happens later, what do you think Tim does after the highwayman and Bess talk, and why?
3b. Why do you think Bess acts as she does to warn the highwayman? What does this reveal about her character? What do the highwayman's actions at the end reveal about his character and his feelings for Bess?
4a. What different human emotions and personality traits—both positive and negative—does this poem show?
4b. Explain what you think of Bess and the highwayman's actions in this story. How would the poem be different if either one had acted differently?
5a. What words would you use to sum up the poem "The Highwayman"? Was it more realistic or more romantic? With what emotions do you think the poet was trying to leave his reader?
5b. Like "The Highwayman," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" is a narrative poem. In what ways are the poems similar and different? In what ways are the central characters similar and different?
Narrative Poem. Briefly explain all the elements of a short story contained in "The Highwayman."
Repetition. List examples of repetition in "The Highwayman." What is the effect of the use of repetition on the poem?
Matching. Match the word on the left with the correct definition below.
1. snigger click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
2. gusty click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
3. moor click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
4. writhe click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
5. strive click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
6. plait click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
7. cascade click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
8. casement click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
9. galleon click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
10. refrain click to select answer a. twist or turn b. ewasteland c. with bursts of wind d. snicker e. tumbling flow f. try very hard g. window frame h. repeated phrase i. braid j. large ship
Editing for Spelling Errors. Read through the following words. Decide if they are spelled correctly. If they are, write correct on the line that follows. If they are misspelled, indicate the correct spelling.
1. audaciously
2. celestialy
3. remorsful
4. docilly
5. striven
6. migratetion
7. bleakish
8. impetuouslly
9. impolsive
10. dingyer
