One of Emily Dickinson's most poignant works is the focus of a poetry analysis activity. After reading "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers," individuals answer ten multiple-choice and short-answer questions about the elements found throughout the poem.

Concepts

emily dickinson, poetry, metaphors, literary themes, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the activity as an assessment during a poetry unit
• Expand one of the short answer questions into a longer narrative essay

Classroom Considerations

• Resource is designed for seventh graders, but would be effective in older grades as well
• Packet is four pages long

Pros

• Provides an answer key
• Questions address a variety of comprehension and analysis skills
• Introduces a famous and evocative poem to readers

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.10