Created by Janessa Senn

Objectives: Objectives:

1. I can analyze the use of
figurative language in
Langston Hughes' poem
2. I can identify and explain
the theme of Langston
Hughes' poem Mother to
Son .
De\ìne \ìguru\ìve
ìunguuge ´ex\encec
me\uphcr, ìmuger¡,
unc cìc\ìcn`
Reuc \he pcem
lc\her \c °cn
o¡ Lung;\cn
¬ughe;

Anuì¡ze \he pcem;
u;e c\ \ìguru\ìve
ìunguuge unc hcw \hì;
;hupe; \he \heme
Extended Metaphor: Extended Metaphor:
When the author uses
a metaphor at length.
The metaphor is
stretched or dragged
out in a poem.
The metaphor lasts
longer than one line.
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Imagery Imagery

-descriptions that appeal to
the five senses and create
pictures in your mind.
Diction Diction

-word choice
-the intentionally selected
words an author uses
whot does the dlctlon
ln o plece of wrltlng tell
ust

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´o·o· ·d···
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Longsfon Hughes´ Longsfon Hughes´
`lc\her \c °cn`
veìì, ;cn, |ìì \eìì ¡cu
Lì\e \cr me uìn\ oeen nc cr¡;\uì ;\uìr
|\; huc \ucr; ìn ì\,
Anc ;pììn\er;,
Anc ocurc; \crn up,
Anc pìuce; wì\h nc curpe\ cn \he \ìccr ··
Bure
Bu\ uìì \he \ìme
|;e oeen u·cììmoìn cn,
Anc reuchìn ìuncìn;,
Anc \urnìn ccrner;,
Anc ;cme\ìme; gcìn ìn \he curr
vhere \here uìn\ oeen nc ììgh\
°c oc¡, ccn\ ¡cu \urn oucr
Dcn\ ¡cu ;e\ ccwn cn \he ;\ep;
Cuu;e ¡cu \ìnc; ì\; rìncer hurc
Dcn\ ¡cu \uìì ncw ··
|cr |;e ;\ììì gcìn, hcne¡,
|;e ;\ììì cììmoìn,
Anc ìì\e \cr me uìn\ oeen nc cr¡;\uì ;\uìr
1. Identify the extended
metaphor.
2. What images helped convey
the extended metaphor?
3. What does the diction tell us
about the narrator?