when making inferences about the authorโs purpose, what should you use to support your analysis?; what does an author use to affect the setting of the story?; how is the message of this poem similar to the poetโs message in \" mother to son\" ?; based on this excerpt, what is the authorโs purpose in writing?; how does smith use language to reveal setting?; what figurative language does the narrator use to describe her life in \" mother to son\" ?; which lines from \" the courage that my mother had\" contain a simile?; what order should writers use to narrate a sequence of events?