Poetry Collection

What does the vocab word "flung" mean?

• launch with great force

• threw

• moved jerkily

What does your vocab word "catapulted" mean?

• to launch with great force

• threw

• moved jerkily

What does you your vocab word "lurched" mean?

• to launch with great force

• threw

• moved jerkily

Which three words or phrases from the poem "Mother to Son" describes the staircase

• bords torn up

• dingy

• bare

• dark

What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" ask her son NOT to do

• be confident

• go after your dreams

• give up

• be a knucklehead

What event does the speaker in "To James" refer to at the poem's start?

• "you" practicing for the race

• "you" winning a race

Which actions or words repeat throughout the poem "To James?"

• living

• running

• racing

• digging

• yodeling

True or False? A symbol can be anything- -an object, person, animal, place, or situation.

• True

• False

In "Mother to Son" ______________ symbolizes life.

• A race

• A staircase

Which details in "Mother to Son" suggest the difficulty of life?

• Had tacks in it

• crystal

• And splinters