"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

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Jasmine Toines

English

7th - 8th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Death's carriage in "Because I could not stop Death" holds all of the following except - - 

the speaker

Death 

the reader 

immortality

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The three things the carriage passes are noteworthy because they--

represent modern industrialization

embody the society that Dickinson avoided

were the places that she once knew in life

show that Dickinson regretted her seclusion

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In the fifth stanza of "Because I could  not stop for Death," the horses pause at the House because--

it is the only familiar place

they are too frightened to proceed

they are in need of food and water

it is the speaker's grave

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The way death is portrayed in "Because I could not stop for Death" is ironic because Death is seen as --

scarey

comforting

avoidable

unattractive

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Dickinson used all of the following techniques in her poetry EXCEPT

simile

metaphor

free verse

personification

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Dickinson use personification in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?

The carriage ride takes her to her grave

Death is seen as a polite gentleman

The children playing represent youth

The horses represent helpers to get her through life after death. 

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