Sick

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

• To explain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

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

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.

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

• hyperbole

• assonance

• symbolism

• onomatopoeia

Read line 26. What is the speaker 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.

• The speaker is telling the time of day.

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

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

• The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

• The speaker realized that her back and feet were hurting.

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

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

Which line from the poem shows imagery (something you can easily imagine or visualize)?

• Line 30

• Line 33

• Line 1

• Line 7

Which is the best short summary of the poem?

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

Making Inferences: 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