Definition
Concepts
About Summer of the Mariposas
100

The central idea of a story or essay. 

What is a gist? 

100
Must have a subject and a verb. 

What is a Complete Sentence?

100
The name of the youngest sister. 

Who is Pita? 

200
A funeral director; an undertaker 

What is a mortician?

200

Narration using the pronoun "you" and the possessive pronoun, "your." 

What is Second Person Point of View?

200

The name of the river that is referenced in chapter 1. 

What is the Rio Grande? 

300

A way or attitude of regarding something; a point of view

What is perspective?

300
Perspective from which a story is told. 
What is Point of View?
300

The name of the dead man the girls find in the river. 

Who is Gabriel Perdido? 

400

an introductory section of a book in which the author sets the stage for the main narrative by providing background information.

What is prologue? 

400
A part of a sentence that cannot stand by itself.  

What is a Dependent Clause? 

400
The girls dad has a car with a certain type of title. 

What is a lemon title? 

500

To make a conclusion using clues. 

What is infer?

500

Refers to what or who is receiving the action of the subject? 

What is Direct Object? 

500

The goddess Odilia is supposed to call on when she is in need of help. 

Who is Tonantzin? 

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