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The family is poor and the father constantly looks for a job every weekend.
True or False
False
What is the point of view used in the poem?
Third point of view
What tone is used in the poem? or what’s the speaker’s tone?
The text is described without expressing any emotions.
bonus!
The Parents did not insure money for their children.
True or False
False
Suggest the nature of the children's lives.
They are relatively comfortable, food and banks accounts are available as well as the parents buy them new stuff always.
What do you infer about the people that come at doors?
They are poor, desperate, and needy.
What repeatedly happens at the children’s house?
People who are usually in need come to the door asking for help, but most of the time they are turned away.
What advice or instructions about money the parents give the children?
The parents tell their children to save their money
rather than spend it.
Why do the parents consistently turn the people away?
These parents believe in only spending money on themselves as well as help absolutely nobody but themselves.
Give an example on alliteration from the poem.
- seems asleep as she stands
- kind of comfort
bonus!
give examples on consonance from the poem.
- fixing or carrying
-doorbell rings and a thin young boy begins
-she buys, she pays
-she gets, she tells
-came calling, … sometimes eating
In my Money, how does the reader learn about the father's feeling of irritation after the young boy comes to the family's door?
A. from the father's thoughts
B. from the omniscient speaker
C. from the mother's words
D. trom the first-person speaker
From the omniscient speaker.
What did the parents spend money on when the the door-to-door salesmen came?
They didn’t spend money
What is the main idea or theme in the poem "Money"?
D. People pass down their money habits on their children and only spend money when it helps themselves.
What are the types of the third point of view in literature?
List at least 2
Limited, omniscient, and objective.