The Cremation of Sam McGee

5 Written Questions

1. edge
2. something thrown away
3. pay attention to
4. strength
5. burn a dead body

5 Matching Questions

1. moil
2. lyric poetry
3. grub
4. hyperbole
5. mushing

1. a traveling on a sled that is pulled by dogs
2. b to work hard for
3. c poetry that expresses that poet's thoughts and feelings
4. d extreme exaggeration
5. e food

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a very short time, a moment
   1. marge
   2. grisly
   3. simile
   4. trice
2. comparison using like or as
   1. trice
   2. moil
   3. grisly
   4. simile
3. hated
   1. cremated
   2. loathed
   3. marge
   4. heed
4. comparison not using like or as
   1. loathed
   2. marge
   3. metaphor
   4. whimper
5. answered
   1. heed
   2. cremated
   3. harkened
   4. marge

5 True/False Questions

1. narrative poetry → poetry that expresses that poet's thoughts and feelings

   True        False

2. grisly → terrible

   True        False

3. personification → something thrown away

   True        False

4. whimper → whine or cry

   True        False

5. ghastly → terrible

   True        False