LCS

 

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Questions over “Mean”

Answer in complete sentences inside the box provided with a different colour 

1. In the first stanza, find the two similes that the writer uses and write them on the lines.

Got me feeling like nothing. With your voice like nails on a chalkboard.

2. What does the first simile mean?

I think it means you feel like nothing

What does the second simile mean?

and your voice nails are like a chalkboard.

3. In the first four lines of Stanza 1, what inference can you make as to what the other person

has done repeatedly to the writer’s self esteem?

Calling me out when i'm out wounded you picking on the weaker man

4. To which sense does the imagery in line 5 appeal?

I think it is like a  voice like nails on a chalkboard.

So today we did LCS and it was fun here is my work!

5. In Stanza 2, why do you think the writer uses wildfire to describe lies? Think about things

that a wildfire suggests.

She wants some space so she can get better.

6. In Stanza 2, what does the writer reveal about herself?

7. In Stanza 3, lines 1 and 2, what does the author infer happened to the other person to make

him/her the way he/she is?

Someone was trying to blocked her from going somewhere

8. What does the writer predict will happen to the other person in the future?

That they can live and not give up on themselves.

9. What does the writer predict for herself in the future?

That her feelings were bad and she had a bad day.

10. Do you believe meanness or kindness is the stronger? Why?

Yes because one day when someone gets hurt you have to help them