What types of challenges could the mother be referring to as the "tacks", "splinters," and "boards torn up" she went through in her life? Use text evidence to support your answer.
In the poem, "Mother to Son", the mother compares her life to a...
road
river
journey
staircase
This poem is written in
First Person POV
Second Person POV
Third Person POV
The mother tells her son...
To be more carefree
Not to fall in love
Not to give up
To make more money
What word best describes the mother's tone when talking to her son?
Harsh
Kind but firm
Indifferent (doesn't care)
Fearful
Why do you think the author began AND ended the poem with the line, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"?
To emphasize an important idea
To describe the stairs
To show that the mother is forgetful
To show how things have changed
In the line, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair", what does the word "crystal" probably mean?
smooth and clear
rough and pointy
breakable and fragile
dangerous and slippery
Which line from the poem best shows that the mother is persistent/ does not give up?
'Cause you find it's kinder hard./ Don't you fall now
It's had tacks in it,/ And splinters
For I'se still goin' honey,/ I'se still climbin'
And boards torn up,/ And places with no carpet on the floor -
All of the following words are examples of dialect EXCEPT...
Don't
Climbin'
Ain't
I'se
What does the line, "And reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners" show about the mother?