Because I Could Not Stop for Death

"Because I could not stop for Death-
He kindly stopped for me" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

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El hablante llevaba un tippet hecho de tul.
Un tippet es _____________

• un tipo de zapato

• un sombrero

• un vestido blanco

• un chal

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The speaker wore a tippet made of tulle.
A tippet is _____________

• a type of shoe

• a hat

• a white dress

• a shawl

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His death occurred_____

• a day ago

• centuries ago

• a month ago

• hours ago

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"the Setting Sun" in stanza 3 is a symbol of what?

• Life

• Death

• Forgiveness

• Repentance

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Un tema apropiado para el poema es:

• La vida es prometedora.

• Los recuerdos de la infancia deberían vivir para siempre.

• La muerte es favorable.

• La muerte es inevitable.

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An appropriate theme for the poem is:

• Life is promising.

• Childhood memories should live forever.

• Death is favorable.

• Death is inevitable.

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The main figurative resource used is

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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The swelling in the ground was

• a grave

• a house

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Read the following stanza from Dickinson's poem.

What figurative language did Dickinson use to reveal the message of death?

Because I could not stop for Death -

He kindly stopped for me -

The Carriage held but just Ourselves -

And Immortality.

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5