Mother to Son

Mother to Son

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Mother to Son

Mother to Son

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.4, RL.2.6, RL.8.10

+11

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How could Langston Hughes (a man) write a poem

called "Mother to Son"?

He could have been the son receiving this conversation from his mother.

He could have overheard a mother giving her son this talk.

An author/poet can become anyone at any time.

All of these are possibilities.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of poem is "Mother to son"?

Ballad

Sonnet

Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following are related to the poem---Mother to Son EXCEPT:

Hardships

Responses to Hardships

Mother's Advice

Complains against hardships

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the theme of the poem--- Mother to Son?

Life is filled with joy and sorrow.

Life is filled with heartaches and hope.

Life is full of challenges.

Don't give up.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read line 2 from the poem The poet includes this metaphor most likely to:

Suggest life is not always easy

Help the reader imagine what crystal stairs look like

Suggest that life can is beautiful

Identify the speaker’s future

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is the speaker?

Son

Mother

Langston Hughes

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which lines at the figure of speech of Anaphora?

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair

Don't you set down

And

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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