Sick by Shel Silverstein Poem Analysis
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Roberta M
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English
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6th - 7th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
Which word a synonym is for wrenched?
fixed
injured
not painful
straight
2.
Multiple Choice
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.
3.
Multiple Choice
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.
4.
Multiple Choice
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 his back and feel 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.
5.
Multiple Choice
Read line 7. This is an example of -
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Similie
6.
Multiple Choice
Which line from the poem shows imagery?
Line 30
Line 33
Line 1
Line 7
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