Poetry and Figurative Language CFD Review

Before you read the poem what do you think that the title, "Mother to Son", means?

Now, read the poem. Who is the speaker?

• Mother

• Langston Hughes

• Son

• A farmer

Answer explanation

The speaker is mother, and she is telling her son life lessons.

What does Langston Hughes mean by "life for me ain't been no crystal stair"

• The mother wants a crystal staircase

• Life has come easy for the mother.

• Life has been difficult for the mother.

• The stairs are fragile

"Don’t you set down on the steps" has:

• Symbol

• Personification

• Allusion

• Alliteration

The crystal stairs are:

• A symbol

• A simile

• A theme

• An Allusion

What is the theme of the poem?

• Justice doesn't come without hard work.

• When at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

• Although life is difficult keep pushing and you'll make it through.

• Keep trying to climb crystal staircases.

What was your takeaway from this poem?

What did you think of it?

"The students started to drop like flies once cold and flu season hit" is an example of a...

• Allusion

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is an example of...

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Theme

• Alliteration

An overarching idea in writing is

• Allusion

• Simile

• Symbol

• Theme