"The Cremation of Sam McGee"

What type of poem is this?

• haiku

• sonnet

• free verse

• narrative

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which point of view is this written in?

• first person

• second person

• third person objective

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the most likely setting of the poem?

• California/Arizona border

• Texas/New Mexico border

• Alaska/Canada border

• New York/Rhode Island border

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What's a benefit of the first person point of view?

• It adds humor because you know exactly how the speaker feels about his dead friend.

• You understand how Sam McGee felt about Cap.

• It allows you to focus only on the speaker's actions and dialogue.

• The reader can know what both characters are thinking about the journey.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the most likely synonym for the word "queer" as it's used in the first stanza?

• happy

• cold

• beautiful

• strange

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which device is used in "where the cotton blooms and blows"?

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following reveals why Sam McGee was in Alaska?

• "God only knows."

• "the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell"

• "the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe"

• "you'll cremate my last remains"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which device is used in "it stabbed like a driven nail"?

• rhyme scheme

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does it mean that "through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail"?

• The weather was windy and cold, which was painful to the speaker's skin.

• The cold was being personified as hitting the speaker's face and causing injury.

• The weather added to the overall conflict of the speaker.

• The speaker's jacket was being blown open by the breeze.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which device is used in "I'm chilled clean through to the bone"?

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4