"Dear Mama"

SCR: Describe the speaker of the poem. Provide text evidence for your response.

Who is the speaker's audience?

SCR: How is the speaker feeling in the poem? Provide evidence from the text for your response.

Provide three examples of alliteration from the poem.

Identify two examples of perfect rhyme.

Identify two examples of near rhyme.

SCR: What is a theme for the poem? Provide evidence for your response.

Notice how Stanza 1 only has 1 line. That shows that it is so important, it doesn't need anything else in the stanza.

How many times does Tupac say "You are appreciated" in this excerpt?

Paraphrase Stanza 2

Paraphrase Stanza 3

Paraphrase Stanza 4

Paraphrase Stanza 5

Paraphrase Stanza 6