Read this excerpt from Emily Dickinson's poem "712" ("Because I could not stop for Death"):

We slowly drove - He [Death] knew no haste

Which of these poetic devices is used here?

A. Personification

B. Alliteration

C. Rhythm

D. Simile

A large dry, sandy area with very low rainfall

Which word is a preposition in the following sentence? Alissa bought her sister a jacket for winter.

In which season of the year is a forest most likely to look very stark

What's the best way to rewrite the roundabout expression "for the period of two weeks"? A. for the period of a half month B. for weeks C. for two weeks D. for the period of at least two weeks

Dramatizing history war horse

After years of mom pressing me to play the piano, I had finally given in

Which of the following is a correct sentence? a. Because I said so. b. No way Noah is going to agree with your proposal. c. Of course I'm surprised. d. Back to the drawing board, right?

Almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but H2O [water] molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid

What is the best description of Dickerson's poetry

From the details of this document, one may conclude that A) the United States is still at war with Spain B) the president has only limited powers during wartime C) the United States never truly went to war against Spain D) declarations of war can