Can't by Edgar Albert Guest

Can't by Edgar Albert Guest

5th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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Can't by Edgar Albert Guest

Can't by Edgar Albert Guest

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Used 153+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the author's purpose of Can't?

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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