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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which line from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” contains alliteration?
“And so it piled up to the ceilings”
“It cracked the window and blocked the door”
“Crusts of black burned buttered toast”
“At last the garbage reached so high”
Which of these lines from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” uses exaggeration for humorous effect?
“Brown bananas, rotten peas, / Chunks of sour cottage cheese”
“Cellophane from green baloney, / Rubbery blubbery macaroni”
“Cold french fries and rancid meat, / Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat”
“At last the garbage reached so high / That finally it touched the sky.”
What does Shel Silverstein show by ending the poem with these lines?
But children, remember Sarah Stout / And always take the garbage out!
The poem is a threat.
The poem is a humorous warning.
The poem is a guide to right living.
The poem is pure fun.
Which line from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” contains alliteration?
“Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel”
“Candy the yams and spice the hams”
“Eggshells mixed with lemon custard”
“And all the neighbors moved away”
What did Sarah Cynthia Stout finally say?
You take the garbage out
No I won't take the garbage out
"Ok, I'll take the garbage out.
Garbage, what garbage?
"The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate" is an example of _______.
metaphor
irony
limerick
hyperbole
The poem is mostly about a young girl who:
Does lots of work at her house but refuses to take out the garbage.
Is rebellious and will not help her family.
Is a fantastic cook and student.
Is silly and thoughtless and does whatever she wants at all times.
Which of these lines contains internal rhyme?
"She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans" (3)
"Cook the yams and spice the hams" (4)
"It filled the can, it covered the floor" (11)
Which of these lines contains another example of internal rhyme?
"Coffee grounds, potato peelings" (8)
"Chunks of sour cottage cheese" (10)
"Soggy beans and tangerines" (18)
a reason why the rhyme pattern of rhyming couplets stops towards the end of the poem could be
the poet forgot he was using rhyming couplets previously
the poet wants to draw attention to the closing section and the climax of Sarah's actions
the poet likes rhyming words ending in '"ate"
the poet wants us to believe Sarah is dead
"rancid", "greasy", "curdled" and "rotting" are all
nouns which list the items in the garbage
conjunctions which join one phrase to another
interjections which express emotion
adjectives which create a vivid description of the sight and smell of the items in the garbage
"cracked", "gloppy" and "rubbery, blubbery" are examples of
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
similes
personification
An example of personification in the poem is
"eggshells mixed with lemon custard'
"the garbage rolled on down the halls, it raised the roof, it broke the walls"
"and none of her friends would come to play, And all of her neighbors moved away"
"with bacon rinds and chicken bones, drippy ends of ice cream cones"
