What was the author's purpose of Can't?
Can't by Edgar Albert Guest

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English
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Inform
Entertain
Explain
Express
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following words help the reader determine the meaning of slander?
Written or spoken
Harm, lies
Good purpose
Laughs when we falter
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of personification from stanza 1?
Can’t is the worst word that’s written or spoken
With it many a good purpose dies
On it is many a strong spirit broken
Can't laughs when we falter and fall by the way.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the author's tone in stanza 1?
Anxious
Proud
Frustrated
Surprised
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does it mean to be thoughtless according to stanza 1?
To say can't before the day even starts
To make a plan
To never give up
To try when things are difficult
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The line of the poem in stanza 1 “And laughs when we falter and fall by the way”
contains a metaphor that compares the word can’t to a cruel person.
uses imagery to emphasize how harmful the word can’t is.
personifies the word can’t as a cruel person.
has a joyful tone.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the author's tone in stanza 2?
Hopeful
Amused
Scared
Angry
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