Many English words are made of different word parts. When you analyze the parts, you can figure out the meaning of the whole word. For example:

Find Word Parts Work with a partner. Analyze each of these words’ parts. Put the meanings together to understand the whole word.

• 1. unfair

• 2. injustice

• 3. nonviolent

• 4. redraw

• 5. re-election

• 6. desegregate

Write Sentences Write a sentence for each word. Read your sentences aloud. Does the meaning you predicted make sense in the sentence?

The tone of a poem is the feeling it gives readers. Often tone is created by the sound of the words. When you read a poem aloud, notice the sounds. What images do they make you think of? What feeling do they give you? How a poem sounds can give you clues to a poem’s tone, or feeling, and message.

Listen to the Sound Read these lines aloud. Notice how they sound. What do you think the speaker’s attitude, or tone, is?

Interpret the Poem With a partner, read the poem “Midway” aloud. What images do you see? What is the tone? What is the speaker saying?