Assignment task: Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
Q1. Read the title. What type of figurative language is this? Identify three other examples of this figurative language technique within the poem.
Q2. Who is the intended audience of this poem? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Q3. Give three examples of hyperbole used by the author that you identified in the second read.
Q4. In the poem, the author uses imagery to illustrate the impact of the garbage on the household. Explain the impact of this imagery on the poem.
Q5. Which sensory details in the poem create an unpleasant image for the reader?