Grade 5 worksheet guiding close reading of Langston Hughes's 'Mother to Son' as an extended metaphor, then comparing Frost's and Hughes's approaches to perseverance. Students explore multi-layered meaning, speaker identity, and how tone and setting shape theme. Four multiple-choice items and five fills challenge Grade 5 readers to perform comparative analysis and articulate how different poets handle similar life themes uniquely.
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Poetry Analysis
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. In 'Mother to Son,' the line 'Life for me ain't been no crystal stair' uses which device?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Alliteration
2. What is the speaker's relationship to the listener in 'Mother to Son'?
A) Teacher to student
B) Mother to her child
C) Friend to friend
D) Stranger to stranger
3. 'It's had tacks in it, / And splinters' uses concrete details to create ___.
A) Hyperbole
B) Idiom
C) Imagery
D) Repetition
4. If Frost and Hughes both write about life's hardships, comparing them helps readers see ___.
A) Identical word choices
B) Identical rhyme schemes
C) Different settings only
D) Different approaches to similar themes
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Hughes's poem extends one main metaphor, comparing life to a staircase.
2. When one metaphor runs throughout an entire poem, it is called an extended metaphor.
3. When poems carry both surface and deeper meanings, readers call this multi-layered meaning.
4. Comparing two poets' treatments of the same theme is called a comparative analysis.
5. Frost and Hughes both treat perseverance, but their tones and settings differ greatly.
Poetry Analysis
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. In 'Mother to Son,' the line 'Life for me ain't been no crystal stair' uses which device?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Alliteration
2. What is the speaker's relationship to the listener in 'Mother to Son'?
A) Teacher to student
B) Mother to her child
C) Friend to friend
D) Stranger to stranger
3. 'It's had tacks in it, / And splinters' uses concrete details to create ___.
A) Hyperbole
B) Idiom
C) Imagery
D) Repetition
4. If Frost and Hughes both write about life's hardships, comparing them helps readers see ___.
A) Identical word choices
B) Identical rhyme schemes
C) Different settings only
D) Different approaches to similar themes
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) Hughes's poem extends one main metaphor, comparing life to a staircase.
2) When one metaphor runs throughout an entire poem, it is called an extended metaphor.
3) When poems carry both surface and deeper meanings, readers call this multi-layered meaning.
4) Comparing two poets' treatments of the same theme is called a comparative analysis.
5) Frost and Hughes both treat perseverance, but their tones and settings differ greatly.
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