source (person) of the magic earrings
Who is...La Llorona?
"It is a difficult road you have taken. There are many demons yet to be faced".
Who is...Teresita?
Odilia hypnotized him with her magic earing.
Who is...the guard to enter Mexico?
Abuelita
Who is...grandmother?
a brief account of the main points of chapter/text
What is...a summary?
the last creature the girls encountered before arriving at their Abuelita's
Who is... the chupacabras?
the youngest of the Garza sisters
Who is...Pita?
Pita could hear it talking, but the other sisters could not understand.
Who is...the donkey (nagual)?
Bruja/Brujo
Who is...a witch/warlock?
the main idea or deeper meaning of a text, often in the form of a lesson or message from the author
What is...theme?
how Cecilia kept the girls under her spell
What is...drugged/tampered sweets?
the shepherd boy who turns out to be the chupacabras
Who is...Chencho?
reason for singing a magic lullaby (song)
What is...to escape the Nagual?
cinco hermanitas
Who is...the five little sisters?
an idea/symbol in a text that repeats, often used to determine theme
What is...motif?
how el nagual died
What is...he fell in his own potion?
the dead man
Who is...Gabriel Perdido?
Author of Summer of the Mariposas
Who is...Guadalupe Garcia McCall
La Llorona
Who is...the "weeping widow"?
the narrative pattern of many myths and stories from around the world
Who is..The Hero's Journey?
a mythological creature with a body of an owl and the face of a witch
Who is...lechuzas?
the Aztec, Mother Goddess.
Who is...Tonantzin?
The Chupacabras injured this sister.
Who is...the demon that bit Pita?
What is...a puff pastry treat.
an event, a piece of information, or an actual request for the hero to leave the ordinary world and begin the journey
Who is..The Call to Adventure and the Refusal of the Call?