USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES

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Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is what type of literature?
A
Informational Text
B
Poem
C
Acrostic Poem
D
Fable
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Paul Revere’s Ride’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a ten-stanza poem that is separated into uneven stanzas or lines.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Paul Revere’s Ride, ” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is an example of a narrative poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Much of Longfellow’s work is categorized as lyric poetry, but he experimented with many forms, including hexameter and free verse. His published poetry shows great versatility, using anapestic and trochaic forms, blank verse, heroic couplets, ballads, and sonnets.

Detailed explanation-4: -This text is an action-packed historical fiction narrative poem that describes the night of April 18, 1775, the famous ride of Paul Revere. The basic premise is historically accurate, but Paul Revere’s role is embellished with extensive vocabulary and figurative language.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Paul Revere’s Ride” has many examples of figurative language, including personification, simile, and metaphor.

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