| A | B |
|---|
| belfry | bell tower |
| grenadiers | foot soldiers |
| stealthy | secretive, sly, quietly |
| tread | footsteps |
| somber | serious, melancholy, gloomy |
| sentinel | guard |
| impetuous | acting or speaking without forethought |
| spectral | ghostly |
| alders | trees of the birch family; shrubbery |
| peril | danger |
| alliteration | repetition of a consonant sound |
| personification | giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| rhyme | the repetition of a vowel sound |
| simile | a comparison of 2 unlike things using " like" or "as" . |
| metaphor | a comparison that is directly stated |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds in nature |
| April 18, 1775 | The date of Paul Revere's ride |
| warning the colonists of a British advance | The purpose of Paul Revere's ride |
| 2 lanterns in the belfry | The British are coming by sea |
