Emily Dickinson Quotes

What technique can be found in this line?

A Service, like a Drum

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

"Heavenly Hurt, it gives us-"

What technique(s) can be found in this line?

• Simile and hyperbole

• Metaphor and oxymoron

• Alliteration and oxymoron

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What does ambiguous mean?

• Easy to understand.

• Blunt and to the point.

• Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.

• Not leaving the house.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blanks

"Hope is the _____ with _______-

That _____ in the _______-"

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

What is NOT a feature of Dickinson's style?

• Capitalisation

• Personification

• Cryptic imagery

• Rhyming couplets

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

What are the main themes Dickinson explores in her works?

There's a certain _____ of _____,

______ Afternoons –

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

Give an example of cryptic imagery in Dickinson's work and explain how it can be interpreted in different ways.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is your favourite Dickinson poem? Explain your choice.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

Finish the quote...

And then a _____ in ____ broke

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10