A young girl Esperanza befriends the year she moves to Mango Street. She is not a good friend to Esperanza, abandoning her time and again to go off with boys.
Who is Sally?
100
A writer's account of another person's life.
What is a biography?
100
The ______________ moon hung shimmering in the sky.
She sells makeup for Avon and teaches Esperanza and her friends about the world of boys.
Who is Marin?
200
A book-length fictional prose story.
What is a novel?
200
The _____ on principal Jenkins was the most humiliating prank a senior class has pulled in decades.
What is hoax?
200
The action and dialogue following the climax.
What is falling action?
300
Yield, die, submit.
What is succumb?
300
A rare example of a neighborhood girl who has not tried to escape the neighborhood through marriage, but instead works hard and hopes to change her life from within.
Who is Alicia?
300
A short story used to teach an explicit moral or lesson.
What is a fable?
300
To wrap up the mock trial, the law school professor made each of her students ________ their positions on the case.
What is state?
300
A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is the conflict?
400
Throb; flutter.
What is palpitate?
400
Her family moves out the week after Esperanza’s family moves into their house on Mango Street.
Who is Cathy?
400
A literary work that uses concise, colorful, often rhythmic language to express ideas or emotions.
What is poetry?
400
The victim tried not to _____________ herself that her attacker would be brought to justice; she was more than a little wary of the system by this point.
What is delude?
400
The conversations characters have with one another.
What is dialogue?
500
Indifferent, uninterested.
What is apathetic?
500
A neighborhood woman whose husband locks her in their apartment because he is afraid she’ll run off.
Who is Rafaela?
500
A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, religious doctrine, or cultural belief.
What is a myth?
500
Jason walked at a ___________ pace; he clearly didn't feel a sense of urgency, wherever he was headed.
What is languid?
500
The part of the story in which characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.