Folk tales often feature lessons that are important to a culture or group of people. What is the lesson of this folk tale? Why would enslaved Africans have perceived the lesson as being important?
Question 2
2.
Analyze
Reread lines 1-10 and identify at least two examples of dialect.
Question 3
3.
Analyze
Reread lines 23-30.
What is the Master compared to?
What is the whip compared to?
What did the author accomplish by including these figurative comparisons? (HINT: What do these comparisons tell you about the Master and his whip?)
Use these vocabulary words to help you answer the following questions: