Fiction Definitions
The place and time when a story occurs.
Cara's son who "abandoned" her.
Who is Fernando?
The neighborhood in New York where Cara lives.
What is Washington Heights?
The President when Cara's story begins.
Who is President Barack Obama?
The Hostos Writing Center is located here.
What is the Hostos Academic Learning Center (HALC) in C-596?
The message or lesson that the reader interprets in the story.
What is the theme?
Cara's neighbor and best friend who is supposedly "jealous" of her.
Who is Lulu?
The number of years that Cara worked in the lamp factory before it shut down.
What is 26 years?
They taught Cara with "cocotazo."
Who are Cara's parents?
The year that Hostos Community College was founded.
What is 1968?
When the story is told from the character's own point of view using "I" and "me"
What is first-person narration?
Cara's elderly neighbor who owns a small dog.
La Vieja Caridad and the dog Fidel.
What did Cara happen to witness on the night that she ran away from her husband?
What is a car accident?
Cara has been unemployed for this many years since the factory closed.
What is two years?
There are study rooms on campus here.
What is the Hostos Sanctuary in the HALC?
The beginning section of a story that establishes the basics of character, plot, and conflict.
What is exposition?
Cara's machete-wielding ex-husband.
Who is Ricardo?
Cara's email handle.
What is Carabonita?
Cara's best friend never removes this clothing item, "not even to sleep."
What is a faja (a corset; shapewear)?
Professor Bollinger's office hours take place on these days and times.
The crisis or boiling point in the story.
What is climax?
The astrologer who spams Cara's email.
Who is Alicia the Psychic?
Cara repeatedly requests that the job counselor give her this (no, the answer I am looking for is not "a job").
What is a glass of water?
Cara claims to have this special sensory ability.
What is the ability to smell other people's illness?
These campus offices/resources help you with personal challenges so you can do your best academically (name at least two).
What are the Success Coaches, ASAP advisors, CUNY Cares, Hostos One Stop, Food Pantry, Counseling Center?