Cynthia Slyvia Stout

The author creates a setting in the poem through the use of...?

• alliteration

• symbolism

• metaphor

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The author's purpose in using hyperbole throughout the poem is to ___?

• Show how Sarah loves doing her chores

• Show that children do not like doing chores

• Show that when you do not take out the garbage, it is disgusting.

• Show that Sarah enjoys doing other chores, like washing dishes

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which line(s) from the poem best communicate the theme the author wants you to understand?

• The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate.

• At last, the garbage reached so high That it finally touched the sky.

• But children, remember Sarah Stout And always take the garbage out!

• And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said, "OK, I'll take the garbage out!"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Based on how it is used in the poem in line 28, what is the meaning of the word, curdled?

• chocolate

• sour

• tasty

• crunchy

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which detail would not be included in a summary of this poem?

• Sarah would not take out the garbage.

• Her father yelled at her often.

• Her neighbors eventually moved away.

• There were chunks of cottage cheese, bacon rinds, oatmeal, and beans everywhere.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Based on the details in the poem, where does Sarah most likely live?

• an apartment building

• a farm

• a house on a lake

• a house in the mountains

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of these details is the initiating event that signals the beginning of the poem’s conflict?

• Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out.

• She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans, candy the yams and spice the hams.

• Her daddy would scream and shout.

• Sarah Cynthia Stout said, "OK, I'll take the garbage out!"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the following lines from the poem. Select the words the author uses to convey a sense of movement.

The garbage rolled on down the hall, It raised the roof, it broke the wall.

• garbage

• rolled

• hall

• roof

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Reread lines 40-45. What could you predict was the “awful fate” poor Sarah met? The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate. And there, in the garbage she did hate, Poor Sarah met an awful fate, That I cannot now relate Because the hour is much too late.

• She had to make all new friends.

• She was buried in a pile of garbage.

• She had to move to a new state.

• She went to sleep in the garbage.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10