 First, turn your sheet over. You'll see section for a quick write. First, independently, just for about a minute or so, responding to this question. What is Wheatley's purpose in writing this poem? And how is tone related to purpose? And this is something that a lot of you have already been addressing, but try to write it down. About a minute and a half, what is Wheatley's purpose in writing this poem? How is tone related to purpose? Because in a second, I'm going to ask you to make a claim about tone is relation to purpose. Remember, we're thinking about the big picture again. Not just she has this such-and-such tone, but why she has this particular tone.