Literary Devices
Which literary device is used here? "...to choke out the voices of dead relatives.."
Metaphor
Where is Judith Ortiz Cofer from?
Puerto Rico
What mood is the author trying to convey? "...to spurn the clothes you were born to wear for the sake of fashion.."
belonging and responsibility
Which word is repeated multiple times?
dangerous
Which brainrot goes by the nickname Triple T?
Tung Tung Tung Sahur
Why did the author add the following sentence? "Jesús, María, y José, she says, el olvido is a dangerous thing."
She uses biblical names to represent Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Cofer is claiming that religion is important to culture.
Which prize did she win?
The Pulitzer Prize for her novel, The Line of The Sun.
What mood is the author trying to convey? " ..to choke the voices of dead relatives when in dreams they call you by your secret name."
Secretive and suffocating
What does Olvido translate to in English? Which does it mean?
Oblivion-the state of forgetting
What activity do Mrs. Buemi's nieces do?
Irish Dance
When does the author use anaphora?
"...dangerous to use weapons and sharp instruments you are not familiar with; dangerous to disdain the plaster saints before which your mother kneels.."
What year did she pass away?
2016
What mood is the author trying to convey? "..dangerous to use weapons and sharp instruments you are not familiar with.."
Negative, scary, threatening
What does spurn mean?
To reject with disdain
What are the names of the eels in The Little Mermaid?
Jetsam and Flotsam
Why does the author use imagery?
To emphasize the importance of one's history and culture.
What year was she born?
1952
What mood is the author trying to convey? "..a forgetting place where she fears you will die of loneliness and exposure."
Empty, depressing, sad
What does fervor mean?
With intense and passionate feeling
Name one animal that is an antagonist in 99 Nights in The Forest
The deer, the owl, or the bat