SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT WOULD NOT TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT

1. How does Shel Silverstein use exaggeration (hyperbole) to create humor?
- Shel Silvertein used hyperbole to create humor. He wrote sentences like: "The garbage reached across the state, from New York to the Golden Gate" and "It cracked the window and blocked the door "; these sentences seems like they are NOT real, which means fiction. So, Mr. Silvertein create humor to make us attract to the poem and make us laugh. Very interesting.

2. Find three examples of alliteration in the poem.
- Alliteration means the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter. For example, "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" or "Crusts of black burned buttered toast" and "Prune Pits, Peach Pits, and Orange Peels".

3. What is the theme of the poem? Do you think Silverstein is serious about his message or having fun? Explain your answer.
- I think the theme of this poem is laziness. Silverstein is also serious because he wanted to deliver the poem to every kids in this world, to tell that DON'T BE LAZY, OR YOU WILL REGRET. He also wanted to tell us that don't harm the environment, keep it clean, nice and neat.