Mother to Son Vocabulary

What does the words "tacks and splinters" symbolize in the poem?

• lack of confort or poverty

• obstacles

• pain

What does the word "boards" symbolize in the poem?

• pain

• obstacles

• lack of confort or poverty

What does the phrase "no carpet" symbolize in the poem?

• lack of confort or poverty

• pain

• obstacles

What does the word "dark" symbolize in the poem?

• pain

• sadness, uncertainty, hopelessness

• obstacles

Forming images in your mind is the definition of ____________.

• imagery

• point of view

• symbol

Is the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told.

• speaker

• Point of view

• imagery

A literary device that uses symbols to represent something beyond literal meaning (to represent idea or concepts)

• speaker

• symbolism

• dialect

Is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group.

• speaker

• dialect

• symbolism

Is the character who tells the poem.

• speaker

• poet

• dialect

Not giving up inspite of the difficulty is called ___________________.

• dilapidated

• perseverance

• boards