Part A The correct dictionary definition for "defiance" in the fourth line is: **resistance** Part B The connotation of defiance in this stanza is: **Positive. Unafraid, Paul urged people to stand

Question: So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beat of that steed, And the midnight-message of Paul Revere. Part A What is a dictionary definition for defiance in the fourth line? obey resistance courage terror Part B Think about the connotation of defiance in this stanza. Is it negative or positive? Why? Positive. Everyone in Middlesex was frightened, but not after hearing Paul Revere’s warning. Negative. Paul felt something more than fear. His warning was a cry of terror now that the British were coming. Positive. Unafraid, Paul urged people to stand firm against the British. Negative. Paul cried out that the people of Middlesex should not be courageous.