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A single-pole switch controls only one outlet or built-in fixture from one location, say your bedside lamp or overhead fan. It will have two screws of the same color holding in place two black (hot) wires. The white wires will be capped with screw-on wire connectors or taped with electrical tape. The bare or green wires are ground wires (in a grounded switch).
