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3. The figurative language that is used in this poem is metaphors. One time the author used this is in the second line. It said "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." When the author said this, he is comparing his life to crystal stairs. When he said crystal stair, he's saying that crystal stairs is a good life and he hasn't had that kind of life. He said that his life had tacks, splinters, and boards torn up in his stairs

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2.  The advice that the mother is giving her son is that he should never give up on his dreams, or something else. She is telling him that he should never stop going, just keep on what he's doing. She said that he should not set down on the step, he should keep going.

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1. You can tell that she has been through a tough life. It states that life hasn't been a crystal stair. She said that it has had all kinds of different obstacles. The obstacles are tacks, splinters, torn up boards, and places with no carpet. This is how she has had a rough life.

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#2.The mother is trying say that the child needs to keep moving and to never give up. This is proven by the context of the word "climbin'" to the  mother.

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6. She is reffering to keep going when you are tired. To set down it means to stop going forward. We found our answer on line 14 and 15 because on line 14 it states that, "So boy, don't you turn back." That means to keep going. Also, before that he poem stated climbin' " which means to keep on going, so we figured that it means to keep going when life gets tough. When the speaker tells her son to not "set down on the steps," it means to keep on going when you get tired. Summing this whole thing up, the speaker is reffering to keep going when you are tired.

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1, From the poem "Mother too son" we think that she lived a rough and difficult life. We think this because she said "My life ain't been no crystal stair" (Crystal stair means easy and perfect) meaning she had many hardships and struggles. She also said it had sharp things in it such as thorns sharp wood and area's without carpet. In conclusion she had a hard and difficult life.

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We think that when the speaker tells her son to never sit down on the steps it means to never give up. In the text it says, "Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard" to support our text. Since it is kind of hard according to the text to just stop and give up you should never give up. This is why we think that when the speaker says to never sit down on the steps it means to never give up.

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6) When the mother is telling her son to not "set down on the steps" she is referring to not giving up and keep trying. In the poem when they say "set down" they mean to not get down on yourselves.

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1: In this poem "Mother to Son" the mother is saying that life hasnt been no crystal stair, which means her life hasnt been easy and life isn't always going to be easy.

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I believe that the speaker has not had a very easy life, for she is telling her son to not expect life to be easy. Plus she says "Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair" which she is refering to life being easy , annd when she says there wasn't one for her that means that her life was pretty tough for her. She is telling her son to not expect anything to be easy in life.

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2. The her advice that the mother is giving to her son is that life wont be easy and he should never give up.  This is because when she is there for, she is telling her son that life won't be easy.

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5.When the mother says climbin' she means, that the son should persevere and push on when things get hard. It also means that you should be determined. In the passage it states that she want him to keep on climbin' the stairs which means to push through life. This is what the mother means when she tells her son to keep on climbin'.

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In the poem mother to son by Langsten Hughs the speaker's life can be described as tough.   We know this because in the poem the mother states that life for her has been no crystal stair or flawless.  Which means that her life has been rough.

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1) In the poem the mother is saying that that life has been no crystal stair, she is saying that her life has not been easy. She said that her life has tacks and splinters and there are spots on her stairs(life with no carpet

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Kinsley Best, Tyler Hooten, & Braden Hedge

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Kinsley Best, Tyler Hooten, & Braden Hedge

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#3. The figurative language mainly used in this poem would be metaphors. The mother refers to a crystal stair as the perfect life. However, she states that "life for me ain't been no crystal stair," meaning that life has not been easy for her. She is comparing her life to a staircase or inanimate object. Because she is comparing without using like or as, it is a metaphor. Furthermore, metaphors are used most in this poem.

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2.  She is telling her son that life is not perfect. she mean to never turn back. "I'se been climbin' on." it means that she will not stop no matter how hard it gets.Goodbye

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3.The  figurative language technique that is primarily used in the poem are metaphors. In the poem the speaker is comparing life to stairs which could be a simile or a metaphor but since the poem doesn't use like or as then it will be a metaphor.

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3. The figurative language that the author uses is a metaphor because when the mother says "Life ain't no crystal stair." It is comparing the mother's life to crystal stairs. It also states that her life was not a crystal stair, but had tacks on the stairs. This shows that her life is not easy and she has to go through hard challenges. She also is trying to pass on these character traits to her son

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3.The figurative language in the poem is a metaphor.The metaphor is  life for me ain't been no crystal stair. The metaphor is comparing life to a crystal stair. That is the figurative language in the poem Mother to Son.

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2. The advice that the mother is giving to her son is life is not always perfect, and never give up.In the poem, the mother said that life is not always going to be a crystal stair case.crystal stair case means that life is not always going to be perfect

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1. The mother clearly explains to child the so that life has been rough. In other words, within the second line of the poem she made clear that life for her wasn't no crystal stair. This metaphor describing her life means that it has been very jagged for her.

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3. The figurative language primarily used is metaphors. a metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things that implies one thing is like another. In the poem she compares life to crystal stairs. But she says that life is not like crystal stairs and that her life has splinters, torn up boards, and floors with no carpet. she said it had tacs in it and she goes in the dark where there isn't any light. which she is comparing life to.

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4: The character's traits are diligent and caring.  The character shows this trait when she was explaining her life.  She never gave up and she was telling her son not to ether. She was caring because she cared enough to give her son advice.

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2. In the poem, the mother gives advice to her son saying don't set down on the stairs. Don't set down on the stairs means don't give up because something seems to hard.
Don't set down on the stairs is the advice that the mother gives to her son.

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1. When it says "life ain't no crystal stair," It means that life was not that great for her. And that there is bare floor in some places, she is trying to say that life is hard.

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2. The mother is telling her son to never give up. Which in the poem, she refers to that as "keep climbin" . which means, keep living life even though it may get rough. In conclusion, the mother is telling her son to never give up on his hopes and dreams.

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5. We think that "climbin" means perserverance, always keep trying, make goals for yourself, and never give up on accomplishing the goals; for example, in the poem "Mother to Son," it says "For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin.'" That means that she is still perservering.

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The life the speaker is living is tough and hard. I know this because in the poem it says "life for me ain't been no Crystal stair. Its had tack in it, and splinters, and board torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor BARE." That is how I know the speakers life has been hard and tough.

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1. Most likely, this person has lived a very rough life with hardship and challenges that got in the way. We know this because in the poem, this person talks about how "life for me ain't been no crystal stair, it had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor." What she is implying is that life has been hard for her, but despite all the challenges, she has continued on which describes her as a persevered person who doesn't give up.

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When the mother says "climbin'" she is talking about life. It means that life is not always a down hill slope. No matter what life throws at you, you just have to keep climbing and going up the mountain of life. This proves that when the speaker says , you just have to keep climbing she is talking about life.

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6. In this poem, the mom has obviously lived a very difficult and poor life. She compared herself to crystal stairs and has told her son not to "set down on the stairs". She is referring to how if you stop life doesn't stop for you. We also believe that "set down on the steps" means not to let life bring you down, because it really can.

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1.I believe that mother has had a complicated life. I think this because in the text it says " Life for me ain't no crystal stair, it's had tacks in it, and splinters,and boards torn up,and places with no carpet on the floor-Bare." That is how I know the mom has had a complicated and very hard life.

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1. The life that the speaker has lived has most likely been difficult, and this is because in the poem it mentions her life has been nothing like crystal stair (Perfect). The speaker is telling the son that don't give up if you become like me. The poem states that, " I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners." The life of the speaker has been very difficult.

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#6. The writer is telling her son to never turn back, never give up. She wants her son to push himself to the limit, to follow his dreams. The writer wants her son to reach the crystal stairs no matter how bad his life is. She will never let her son sit down or give up. She wants him to climb and achieve his goal!

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4. Two words the describe the mother are Determination and Wisdom. According to the text she shows determination, for in the poem she states multiple times that she has not given up in life. She is wise because, she is telling her son about her life and how she didn't give up. This shows that though life has been hard she has not given up and, she can still give advice to her son. Consequently, two character traits that describe the mom (speaker) in Mother to Son are wisdom and determination.

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6.  When the mom is telling her son to not, "set down on the steps" she is referring to not giving up. She is saying that her son needs to keep climbing and not give up until he reaches his goal. We know this because in question 5. we were supposed to figure out what climbin means. We found that climbin means to not stop trying, and to keep going, so to step down on the steps means to stop trying which is probably meaning to give up. All in all, the mom is telling her soon to not stop climbin and to fight for his goals, and to keep going.

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6. The mother is trying to say, don't let any one  or anything stop him from doing what he believes in. So basically, shes saying to keep going. The mother is trying to say that she has also had a poor life, because in the poem it says, "Life for me ain't no crystal stair." Which kinda means that the crystal stairs is a good life, but she said, " The stairs have tacks, splinters and boards torn up.

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4. The mother is woebegone and wishful. I know this because she wishes the best for her son and she has lived a very sad life and no one can experience the things that she has. What this is telling me is that the mother wants the best for her son and never wants him to give up. Though it may be hard sometimes, keep pushing. All in all, the mother is wishful and woebegone.

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3. The figurative language that is being used mostly in this poem is a metaphor.  This is because when it says "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair," it is comparing two things not using like or as. All in all this poem mainly uses metaphors.

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1. In this poem, the mom has lived a difficult life. She compared her life to crystal stairs. Crystal stairs are perfect and easy to climb. She said that her stairs had tacks, splinters, no carpet, and boards were torn up. That shows us that her life was the opposite of crystal stairs and very hard and not easy.