Literary Text Structures
Esperanza Rising
Word Parts
Vocabulary
Homophones
100
The time and place a story occurs
What is setting?
100
This character said, "No one will be waiting on you here."
Who is Marta?
100
According to its word parts, "biology" means...
What is the study of life?
100
The earthquake that knocked over several buildings had great _____________.
What is magnitude?
100
This is my favorite __________ of jeans.
What is P-A-I-R?
200
A pause in a story to describe an earlier event
What is a flashback?
200
Esperanza is envious of Marta because ______________.
What is, Marta is able to be with her mother.
200
The meaning of the word part "philo" or "phile."
What is love?
200
The student gave the teacher a silent __________ to indicate that they needed to get out of their seat.
What is gesture?
200
Can I go to the party, _______?
What is T-O-O?
300
A clue about what is going to happen later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
300
Voluntary deportation is ____________.
What is when field workers choose to travel back to Mexico themselves to be with their families?
300
The word that would describe the act of hating all of mankind would be __________.
What is "misanthropy?"
300
The mood was very _____________ at the funeral.
What is somber?
300
__________ story goes a little something like this...
What is T-H-E-I-R?
400
Literature composed in lines and stanzas
What is poetry?
400
Isabel is concerned that she and her family are going to starve because_____________.
What is, there are people willing to work for pennies and she thinks they will take all of the jobs.
400
The word "cryptochronolgy" might mean ________.
What is the study of secret time?
400
I was walking through the forest when a skunk raised its tail and hit me with its _________ spray!
What is pungent?
400
The school ____________ spoke to a group of parents.
What is P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L?
500
Literature that is divided into scenes and meant to be acted out
What is drama?
500
When Miguel says, "It's a free country," when talking about the strikers, he reveals that ______________
What is, he thinks it is their right to voice their opinions.
500
The word that describes the act of marrying more than one spouse is __________.
What is "polygamy?"
500
I did NOT enjoy a _________________ breakfast of pancakes and syrup every day!
What is monotonous?
500
The teacher walked down the __________ between the rows of desks.
What is A-I-S-L-E?
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