Sick by Shel Silverstein

In line 17 it says, "My back is is wrenched, my ankle's sprained."

Which word is a synonym for wrenched?

• fixed

• injured

• not painful

• straight

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

In Line 26, the speaker says, "My temperature is 108". What is he/she trying to say?

• The speaker is sick with a high fever.

• The speaker needs medicine to get better soon.

• The speaker wants to go to school.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude...

• The speaker does not feel well and needs medicine.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is happy to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

• That there was no school that day.

• That his back and feet were hurting.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick when he actually was really sick.

• The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

In line 7 it says "My tonsils are as big as rocks". This is an example of

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which line from the poem shows imagery?

• Line 30

  "What's that? What's that you say?"

• Line 33

  There is no line 33.

• Line 1

  "I cannot go to school today."

• Line 7

  "My tonsils are as big as rocks."

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The reader can conclude that the main character..

• dislikes getting sick and staying in bed all day.

• does not want to miss school.

• enjoys going to school and learning.

• does not enoy going to school and wants to stay home.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The poet wrote this poem to

• Entertain with a nonfiction poem.

• Entertain with a humorous poem.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is true about this poem?

• It has an ABAB rhyme pattern.

• It is a free verse poem.

• The poem has 4 stanzas and 32 lines.

• The poem has 32 stanzas and 4 lines.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4