"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

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

• the speaker
• Death 
• the reader 
• immortality

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.9A

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

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

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

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• scarey
• comforting
• avoidable
• unattractive

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

Dickinson used all of the following techniques in her poetry EXCEPT

• simile
• metaphor
• free verse
• personification

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the poem. what two unique and unconventional techniques did Emily Dickinson use to emphasize her thoughts

• stanzas and rhyme scheme
• capitalization and punctuation
• themes and idioms
• free verse and repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5