What Teachers Make

What is tone?

• The poet's attitude toward his or her subject.

• The feeling a reader gets when reading the poem.

• the pitch of the rhythm

• the sounds of a poem

What is the author's tone in the poem "What Teachers Make?"

• sad / somber

• frustrated / irritated

• happy / delighted

• He does not display tone

_________ is the feeling the READER gets as he/she reads the text.

• tone

• mood

• figurative language

• suspense

The mood of the poem is __________.

• inspiring

• demeaning

• delightful

• sassy

What poetic elements are used in the lines,

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:

Teachers make a g****** difference! Now what about you?

• repetition

• assonance

• rhyme

• alliteration

What is repetition?

• The sounds of a poem.

• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

• Knowing what is important in the poem.

• The use of sounds, words, phrases or whole lines more than once.

What words are repeated throughout the poem?

What is the poets purpose for writing this poem?

• To Persuade; you to pay teachers more.

• To Inform; you about the teaching profession.

• To Entertain; you with a fun story.

• To Inform; you about what being a teacher really means; and the work that it requires.

• To Persuade; you to become a teacher.

How is Mali's response influenced by the person who asked the question?

• Mali is making a point to tell the person many things he does that are not relevant to his pay check.

• Mali is irritated by the persons question and wants to irritate the person back.

• Mali feels attacked by the question, and has to defend himself and his profession.

• Mali appreciates the opportunity to explain his work to adults who do not understand the teaching profession.

What is the structure of this poem?

• couplet - two line stanzas

• lyric - describes thoughts and feelings

• sonnet - poem with a strict rhyme and rhythm structure.

• free verse - no rhyme & no rhythm