Sick by Shel Silverstein

What is the author's primary purpose for writing this poem?

• To explain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

From which point of view is this poem writtten?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How does the narrator feel about school?

• the narrator likes school and is disappointed that she is too sick to attend

• the narrator dislikes school and wants to stay home

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which is the best short summary of the poem?

• A little girl cannot go to school because she is very sick.

• A little girl pretends to be sick so she doesn't have to go to school.

• A little girl is trying to convince her mom to take her to the doctor.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

At the beginning of the poem, the narrator thinks it is:

• a school day

• the weekend

• not enough information in the poem to answer the question

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does the narrator change from the beginning to the end of the story.

• At the beginning, she is sick. At the end she is all better.

• At the beginning, she thinks she has to go to school. At the end, she realizes it is Saturday.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which word best describes the tone of the poem?

• sad

• mean

• playful

• disappointed

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The "symptoms" the girl complains about in the poem could best be described as an example of...

• hyperbole

• assonance

• symbolism

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

*** Scroll down to read entire poem and question

Sick By Shel Silverstein

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.

5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox

And there’s one more – that’s seventeen,

10 And don’t you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut, my eyes are blue -

It might be instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,

I’m sure that my left leg is broke -

15 My hips hurt when I move my chin,

My belly button is caving in

My back is wrenched, my ankle’s sprained,

My ‘pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

20 have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,

I hardly whisper when I speak.

My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

25My elbow is bent, my spine isn’t straight,

My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is – what?

30 What’s that? What’s that you say?

You say today is…Saturday?

G’bye, I’m going out to play!”

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Sick By Shel Silverstein

1“I cannot go to school today,”

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.

5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,

I’m going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks,

I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox

Read line 7. This is an example of a

• theme

• repetition

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4