Theme
What does the Dash represent?
What is all the time that they spent life on Earth.
What's the point of view of "The Dash"?
What is first person.
What's the theme of "The Dash"?
What is to live your life fully and without regrets
What is the conflict of "The Dash"?
What is not living your life to the fullest?
Give a summary of the story in under 30 seconds!
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What is the meaning that Linda Ellis hides in the poem?
What is to remind people to focus on love, relationships, and making the most of the present.
What does the point of view add to the story?
What is adds emotion to the story because as the story moves along, the man is realizing what the dash truly means as the reader realizes it.
Where is the most imagery found in the poem?
What is in the beginning of the poem?
What does the author use to explain the conflict?
What is the Dash?
Are you proud with how you've spent your dash so far?
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What is the main symbolism in "The Dash" and what does it represent?
What is the Dash, it represents all the time that they spent life on Earth.
Where is the imagery in the story explaining?
What is the funeral?
Who is the author of the dash?
Who is Linda Ellis?
Why is the theme important to the story?
What is it helps the reader understand what the dash represents?
What is Ellis's co-worker shared a letter from his dying wife. She expressed deep regret over time, feeling that she had wasted her life worrying about trivial things. This made Ellis reflect on her own high-stress corporate job and the true purpose of life?
When was the earliest tombstone made?
What is ~3000 BC