House on Mango Street (characters only)
MLA FORMAT
Writing Rules
Speak by Laura Anderson
miscellaneous
100

What is the name of the main character 

Esperanza 

100

What font and size is required for MLA format 

times new roman font 12 

100

What is a run on sentence 

a sentence that keeps going on without any periods or punctuation 

100

Who is the ex friend of Melina that starts dating Andy 

Rachel 

100

What was this year's MET Gala theme?

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

200

Who is the character that is friends with Esperanza, wears makeup and got married very young. 

Sally 

200

What is the spacing that is suppose to be used in essays 

double space 

200

Where is the thesis located in an essay 

usually last sentence or last two sentences of introduction 

200

What is the art project that starts becoming a form of therapy for Melina 

her making the tree 
200

Who is the USA President on the 5$ bill

Abraham Lincoln 

300

Cries for her homeland, never leaves the house and refused to learn to speak English 

Mamacita 

300

What goes on the left side of the paper 

-name, date, course name, assignment/prof name

300

Where is a topic sentence located in the essay and what is its purpose 

start of the paragraph & tells what the paragraph will be about 

300

What is the name of the High School she attends? 

Mayweather High 

300

What is the tallest mountain in the world 

Mount Everest 

400

Who does Esperanza have a crush on but scared to speak to 

Sire 

400

In text citation uses authors name and what else? 

page number 

400

What is a homophone 

words that sound same but mean different things like sea, see. there & their 
400
What are some ways we see Melina coping with trauma 

- her becoming silent and almost non-verbal
- refusing to look at herself in the mirror

- hiding in the janitor closet
- biting her lips
- low grades
- cutting classes/school 

400

What is the part of speech that defines action? Like run, hop, etc

verb

500

What does Esperanza's name in English & Spanish mean

- Spanish: too many words 

- English: hope 

500

How are book chapters suppose to be written in MLA 

In quotations 

500

What is the structure I want all your body paragraphs to follow ( I write this a lot in your feedbacks. You can tell me the acronym) 

PEAS
Point, Evidence, Analysis, So What 

500

What is the one big major theme in this book

To Speak up! 

500

What board game was originally called "The Landlord's Game" when it was invented in the early 1900s

Monopoly 

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