Who is the author of the poem---Mother to Son?
  • William Shakespeare
  • Langston Hughs
  • James Mercer Langston Hughes
  • Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Who is the speaker or persona of the poem?
  • Longfellow
  • Mother
  • Son
  • No answer
The poem made use of what figure of speech?
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Synecdoche
  • Paradox
Life is compared with _________.
  • Crystal Stair
  • Ladder
  • scaffold
  • Wooden Stair
Describe the tone of the speaker.
  • Discouraging
  • Advising
  • Reminiscing
  • Uplifting
The following are related to the poem---Mother to Son EXCEPT:
  • Hardships
  • Responses to Hardships
  • Mother's Advice
  • Complains against hardships
Based from the poem, what dominating mood can be felt?
  • Discouraged
  • Encouraged
  • Loved
  • Mesmerized
This word means---a small,thin, sharp fragment of either wood or metal.
  • Splinter
  • Board
  • Bare
  • Carpet
What kind of stairway is the mother's life different from?
  • Ladder
  • Stairway
  • Crystal Stair
  • Wooden Stair
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.It’s had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.The lines indicate that the stair is _______.
  • Firsthand
  • long forgotten
  • timeworn
  • aged
What type of poetry is Mother to Son?
  • Lyric poetry
  • Dramatic poetry
  • Narrative poetry
  • Cannot be identified
And reachin’ landin’s,And turnin’ corners,And sometimes goin’ in the darkThe lines contain the following sound devices EXCEPT:
  • End rhyme
  • Exact rhyme
  • Anaphora
  • Internal rhyme
And splinters,And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.What punctuation is used to continue a train of thought
  • Comma
  • Dash
  • Hyphen
  • Period
Which of the following lines express advice?
  • Well, son, I’ll tell you:Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
  • I’se been a-climbin’ on,And reachin’ landin’s,And turnin’ corners,And sometimes goin’ in the darkWhere there ain’t been no light.
  • But all the timeI’se been a-climbin’ on,And reachin’ landin’s,And turnin’ corners,And sometimes goin’ in the darkWhere there ain’t been no light.
  • So boy, don’t you turn back.Don’t you set down on the steps’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.Don’t you fall now—For I’se still goin’, honey,I’se still climbin’,
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.
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