After Great Pain - Diction

Question 1

main concept

Answer 1

• one of the tools great authors like Emily Dickinson use to create the tone and deliver the message of their writings is diction

Question 2

personification

Answer 2

• objects have human characteristics or qualities

Question 3

simile

Answer 3

• comparison of two unlike thinks using like or as

Question 4

imagery

Answer 4

• paints a picture

Question 5

diction

Answer 5

• writers’ choice of words

Question 6

what feeling does Dickinson convey by the simile ‘like a stone” she includes in Line 9 from “After Great Pain, A formal feeling comes”?

Answer 6

• Dickinson’s simile conveys a feeling of hardness toward her unfaithful love

Question 7

what feeling does Dickinson convey by her adjective “quartz” she includes in Line 9 from “After Great Pain, A formal feeling comes”?

Answer 7

• Dickinson’s use of “Quartz” conveys a feeling and image of supreme, multifaceted hardness

Question 8

what feeling/image does Dickinson convey by her choice of adjectives in Line 7 from “After Great Pain, A formal feeling comes”?

Answer 8

• in her adjective “wooden” Dickinson conveys an image and feeling of something hard and set

Question 9

what feeling does Dickinson convey by her adjective “mechanical” she includes in Line 5 from “After Great Pain, A formal feeling comes”?

Answer 9

• Dickinson’s use of “mechanical” conveys a feeling of not being consciously directed

Question 10

what feeling does Dickinson convey by her adjective “stiff” she includes in Line e from “After Great Pain, A formal feeling comes”?

Answer 10

• Dickinson’s use of “stiff” conveys a feeling of uncaring, of no longer being moved