Emily Dickinson : Harkness Activity

What poet did you just learn about today?

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Walt Whitman

• Emily Le

• Emily Dickinson

What poems did we discuss today?

• "The Soul Selects Her Own Society"

• "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"

• "Because I Could Not Stop For Life"

• "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"

"Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me."

What literary device does this line use?

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who made this Quizizz?

(just take a guess)

• Emily

• Jacob

• Ella

• Brandon

• Joseph

TRUE OR FALSE?

Emily Dickinson published her poems on the newspaper.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

They were published to the newspapers, but without her consent.

What did Emily Dickinson value?

• Individualism and Personal Space

• Patriarchy

• Unity and Togetherness

• Family

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Did you learn new things about Emily Dickinson?

• Yes

• I guess so

• Si

• Oui

What time period was she alive?

• 1800s

• 1750s

• 1600s

• 1900s