Kenn Nesbitt

All My Great Excuses by Kenn Nesbitt

I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink

My hamster ate my homework. My computer's on the blink

What is the idiom in the above stanza?

• pen ran out of ink

• computer's on the blink

The idiom 'on the blink' means

• not functioning

• blinking rapidly

What kind of figurative language do you see being used in this poem by Sharon Hendricks?

• simile

• metaphor

• idioms

• personification

Tick the correct set of personification below.

• sang, cackled, chattered, gurgled, passing gas, danced

• chattered, ice cubes, teacups, chairs, gravy, oil

• danced, gurgled, passing gas, merrily, pan, chorus

''The chairs were passing gas...'' means

• someone was farting and blaming the chairs.

• the chairs farted

• the chairs made farting sounds whenever they moved

What does ''the oil danced in a pan'' mean?

• Someone was singing Deusi-Bhailo song

• The oil sizzled on a hot pan

''Dinnertime chorus'' means

• Music class was going on

• all the sounds the poet can hear at dinnertime

Falling asleep in class by Kenn Nesbitt

I woke to find a piece of paper sticking to my face

I'd slobbered on my textbooks, and my hair was a disgrace

In the above line, what does 'slobbered' mean?

• The textbook had saliva/drool all over it

• To write and draw all over the textbook

Falling asleep in class by Kenn Nesbitt

I woke to find a piece of paper sticking to my face

I'd slobbered on my textbooks, and my hair was a disgrace

In the above line, what does ''my hair was a disgrace'' mean?

• messy and embarrassing

• had a cool messy look

In the stanza given, who slept in class?

• student

• teacher