Vocab 1
A meeting with a person or thing
What is an encounter?
The country where most of the book is set in
What is Mexico?
The start of the story
What is the introduction/exposition?
The setting of the book
What is Ancient China?
An amount of something that is too small or limited
What is meager?
A complete or major change in someones or somethings appearance, form, etc
What is transformation?
The thing that the Mariposas symbolize
What is transformation?
The beginning of the conflict
What is the rising action?
Ma, Ba, and Minli's occupation (job)
What are rice farmers?
To fill someone with extreme anger or rage
What is infuriate?
Something given to someone for good use
What are provisions?
The amount of wishes the ear pendant can grant
What is 5?
The most intense part of the story
What is the climax?
Who is Lao Lao?
Looking exhausted & hungry
What is haggard?
Respect
What is reverence?
The town where Abuelita lives
What is Hacienda Dorada?
The part where the story slows down
What is the falling action?
The natural disaster that ALMOST killed the goldfish man when he was younger
What is a typhoon?
The quality of being trusted and believed in
What is credibility?
The way a writer creates a picture of the characters traits
What is characterization?
The prayer that Odilla recites in Spanish in chapter 13
What is The Lords Prayer?
The part where the issue is solved
What is the resolution?
The names of Jade Dragon's children
What is Pearl, Yellow, Long, and Black?
Expressions of sadness
What are lamentations?