Figurative Language
You are as tall as a giraffe
What is a simile?
What is the sabretooth's name?
What is Diego?
What story by Homer do the Sirens allude to?
The Odyssey.
What year was the author born?
1939
How many stanzas are in the poem?
9 Stanzas
My dog is a teddy bear.
What is a metaphor?
How tall is Sid?
What is 6 feet? (By using the quadratic formula and the average height of a sloth, we deducted there was only one possibly outcome of Sids height)
In the lines "with these two feathery maniacs, I don't enjoy singing this trio, fatal and valuable" where it describes the sirens, how does the poem allude to the odyssey?
In the Odyssey, sirens were described as being "half bird, half woman." This relates to the "bird suit"
What country is she from?
Canada
What is the style of the poem?
Free verse
What is personification?
What did Glady's see as the result of the sirens?
What is a Jacked Sloth.
What other movie has depicted sirens to lure people in?
Ice Age 4
At what age did she start writing?
Age 5
In stanza 7-8 what kind of figurative language is used on the word "you"?
Reptition
Peter Piper Pick a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
How did Manny think that the illusions were really illusions?
The apparition of Ellie said he's always right but Manny knew that Ellie always proved Manny wrong.
In "The Odyssey" what does Odysseus do to prevent from following the sires?
Ties himself up.
What era did she grow up in?
She grew up in the women's reform movement and women's suffrage.
What does the author use to make the sentences flow one after the other?
What is Enjambment?
After eating curry, Sids breath reeked of onion and spice.
What is Imagery?
How many seconds is Ice Age 4?
What is 5,640 seconds?
(Has nothing to do with the poem) Riddle: What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, but sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls?
What is The Moon?
What was the purpose of the author writing the poem?
The author does this to show that there are two sides to every story and what you see isn't always reality.
How many characters (Letter and Spaces) are in this poem?
692 characters