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

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English
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4th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
To explain
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The "symptoms" the girl complains about in the poem could best be described as an example of...
hyperbole
assonance
symbolism
onomatopoeia
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
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