Olympic Granny Flashcards

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Name some of the sports that Granny is good at. Name any 5.

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Basketball
Taekwondo 
Archery
Canoe
Wrestling 
High Jump
Hammer Throwing
Marathons
Rowing
Boxing
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What is the Rhyming Scheme in the Poem Olympic Granny?

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A B C B

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Can u name a figure of speech in the poem Olympic Granny?

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Alliteration. Example: she tough to top at Taekwondo

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What can we understand by the last paragraph in the poem Olympic Granny?

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Nobody can win any kind of sports with their wheelchair and their walker. We can understand that Granny is most likely imagining her success mentioned in the poem.

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Who is the poet of the poem Olympic Granny

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Kenn Nesbit

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How does the poet define Granny?

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The poet sees Granny as an enthusiastic and positive person. With her enthusiasm she wins most of the sports at the Olympics. This poem gives a positive feeling by its rhyming scheme and humorous lines.

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How did Granny win all the Games?

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In the poem the poet mentions that Olympic granny wins most of the sports by her wheelchair and her walker. Although we know that it is difficult to win many sports when they are wheelchair bound. So we can conclude that granny is imagining her success which the power has written about,

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Finish the Paragraph
She’s masterful at Basketball
She truly rules the court

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And equally incredible

at every other sport

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