'Stealing'

Who wrote 'Stealing'?

• William Shakespeare

• Carol Ann Duffy

• Vernon Scannell

• Martyn Lowery

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What was 'the most unusual thing' the speaker ever stole?

• Bust of Shakespeare

• Camera

• Snowman

• Car

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of these quotations from the poem is the simile?

• 'I'm a mucky ghost'

• 'Life's tough.'

• 'You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?'

• 'as cold as the slice of ice within my own brain'

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of these quotations from the poem is the rhetorical question?

• 'I'm a mucky ghost'

• 'Life's tough.'

• 'You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?'

• 'as cold as the slice of ice within my own brain'

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these quotations from the poem is the metaphor?

• 'I'm a mucky ghost'

• 'Life's tough.'

• 'You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?'

• 'as cold as the slice of ice within my own brain'

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of these quotations from the poem is the short sentence?

• 'I'm a mucky ghost'

• 'Life's tough.'

• 'You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?'

• 'as cold as the slice of ice within my own brain'

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

From which perspective is the poem written?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does the verb 'flogged' mean in the context of the poem?

• whipping or caning

• advertising something

• lashing out at someone

• selling something

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the verb 'nicked' mean in the context of the poem?

• cutting or scratching your skin

• to be arrested

• to take something without someone's permission

• to charge someone too much money for an item

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What can be inferred about the character and their life in the line "Mostly I'm so bored I could eat myself"?

• They are happy and rich

• They want attention

• They are lonely and sadistic

• They are old

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3