Vocabulary
A disorderly fight
Scuffle
The part of a plot in which the characters and setting are introduced
Exposition
I am the main character
Maya
The silent communion between Ted and his mother
Food
This story is a....(genre)
Memoir
To retell or summarize
Recap
An account of one's personal life and experiences
Memoir
This is the main conflict in the story
Maya wants to go to the dance.
The purpose for Ted building a fort outside
To seek independence
The ethnicity of the main character
Hmong
Having sharp angles; bony and lean
Angular
The type of characterization when the reader has to make inferences about the character based on their traits
Indirect Characterization
The main character does her mother's work because
Her mother broke her ankle.
Something Ted and his mother might have in common
Liking the moon
What a home meant for the main character's family
American Dream
The act of exhaling or breathing out
Expiration
The connected events that make up a story
Plot
Mama gives Maya this before the dance
bracelet
Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
Meticulous
The author discovered this about herself in her high school English class
A love for writing and literature
To return people to the country in which they were born
Repatriate
Name 3 types of conflict in literature
Character v. Character
Character v. Nature
Character v. Self
Character v. Society
This is how the conflict is resolved
Nurzhan convinces their parents to let him chaperone the dance.
What the stained glass class represented in Ted's life
No expectations
Peace
Relaxation
The author discovered she had this illness
Baby Lupus