like or as. An example is: Her dog is as big as a horse.

Can you find an example of a simile in this poem?

What two things are being compared?

How are they alike?

2. A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things in which we say

one thing is another. For example: Her dog is a horse.

Change Jack Prelutsky's simile into a metaphor.

do you get any feelings about what kind of person this poet is?

What kinds of poems does he seem to write? Funny? Serious? About

life experiences?

2. What can you generalize from this poem? Finish these sentences to answer the question:

"This poem makes me think that..."

This poem reminds me of the time that...

3. When you first wake up, do you ever feel silly or ornery?

4. When an author gives nonhuman qualities to an animal or a nonliving object, it is called personification. What human qualities or feelings did the author give the worm?

2. Remember that exaggerations that are too big to be believable are called hyperboles. Some examples of hyperboles are:

I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.

My backpack weighs a ton.

My dad snores louder than a freight train.

Give an example of a hyperbole.

1. After you read the poem, list some onomatopoeias that are in the poem or ones that we could say for each sound in the poem.

2. Read the poem with expression and make your own sound effects! Examples: bloop, splash, sprinkle, squirt, drip, or drizzle.

2. Where were the chickens in the dream?

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near the poem. Type in your name and your ideas about the poem.

Tell what did YOU liked or disliked about the poem and tell why.

Was there anything you didn't understand?

It's OK to say that you weren't quite sure what the poem meant.

What was your favorite word in the poem?

Try to answer most of the questions I posted.

to make a radishark.

What two unlike things could you combine to make something new?

2. What does this poem make you feel? Why?

3. Which words feel important?

4. Do you like the way the girl reads the poem?

How does the expression in her voice help us to understand the poem better?

2. What did you like about it?

3. Name some alliterations you see in the poem. Alliterations

are words that begin with the same letter or the same

sound such as peanut pumpkin peach plum.