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Personal Background
Agoraphobia
The Writer
Romanticism
Poetry Elements
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Where is the birthplace of Emily Dickinson?
Where is Amherst, Massachusets
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This is the fear of crowded places
What is agoraphobia
100
Emily Dickinson began writing poetry during this time of her life.
What is as a teen.
100
a broad intellectual and artistic movement that began in Europe as a reaction against Enlightenment rationality; it championed imagination, emotion, and the individual over reason, science, and society; Romantics looked to nature as a source for spiritual nourishment, and they believed that people are inherently good but corrupted by society
What is Romanticism
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language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof"
What is imagery.
200
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th in this year
What is 1830
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By the age of 23, Emily had limited herself to taking short trips to do this
What is visit family.
200
Where did Emily keep her poetry?
What is in a locked box under her bed.
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As you read Emily's poems, you can see that she valued
What is individuality
200
a figure of speech that suggests or states a comparison between two unlike things, without using such words as like or as
What is metaphor
300
What literature was Emily exposed to as she grew up?
What is the Bible and classical literature
300
Secluding herself, Emily would keep in contact with her family and friends by doing this
What is writing letters.
300
When were most of Emily's poems discovered?
What is after her death by her sister Lavinia.
300
As you read Emily's poems, you can tell that she emphasized
What is emotion.
300
a figure of speech that compares two things, usually using the words like or as
What is simile
400
Young Emily loved this type of science which is reflected in some of her poetry.
What is botany (the study of plants)
400
For nearly 15 years, Emily did this
What is dress in white and not leave her family's property.
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More than 100 poems were published in this year--about five years after her death.
What is 1890.
400
As you read Emily's poems, you can tell that she overturned this
What is social conventions
400
In the poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass", Dickinson writes, " a spotted shaft is seen…". This is an example of this literary device:
What is alliteration.
500
Emily had entered college but returned home after a year because
What is she was homesick and frequently ill.
500
Emily Dickinson died May 15 of this year
What is 1886.
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How many of Dickinson's poems were eventually published?
What is 600.
500
As you read Emily's poems, you can tell she was fascinated with this
What is nature.
500
Using a metaphor, Dickinson, writes that being "somebody" is being this
What is Frog