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ACTIvITy 4.2
continued
Using language for effect
my Notes
That Lord knows,
A little walkin’ never hurt anybody;
That in one of those unplanned, unexpected
30 Unadorned moments —
A weary woman turned the page of History.
Second Read
• Reread the poems to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
“maggie and milly and molly and may”
4. Craft and Structure: In the poem “maggie and milly and molly and may,” find examples of the author’s use of capitalization and punctuation. What is the intended effect of this use?
5. Key Ideas and Details: Summarize each couplet of the poem. The last line says “it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.” What do the items that the girls find tell us about the girls themselves?
“Mother to Son”
6. Key Ideas and Details: Find examples of Hughes’s use of commas (,) and dashes (—) in this poem. What is the intended effect of each piece of punctuation?
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