Concept Vocabulary
Comprehension
Analyze the text
Analyze Craft and Structure
Word Study and Conventions
100
large; roomy
What is spacious
100
How do the narrator and Irene spend most of their days?
What is cleaning and knitting
100
What can you infer about the brother and sister’s economic status?
What is they are able to live comfortably due to the income from the farms (upper class)
100
A literary genre that originated from Latin American authors that combines an ordinary reality against fantasy.
What is magical realism
100

A word that suggests further details about something, such as the location or the time.

What is preposition?

200
unknown; not well known
What is obscure
200
What is the siblings’ source of income?
What is money received from the farms
200
Analyze the narrator’s reaction after the back section of the house is taken over.
What is he is surprisingly calm
200
What happens in the story to demonstrate magical realism?
What is the ordinary life of the characters versus the frightening takeover of the house
200

Made of up a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers.

What is prepositional phrase

300
entrance room
What is vestibule
300
What do the narrator and his sister do when the back section of the house is taken over?
What is they move to another section of the house
300
What can we infer about the "invaders" from the following quote: "We had what we had on. I remembered fifteen thousand pesos in the wardrobe in my bedroom. Too late now."
What is the invader scared them enough to make them forget valuable possessions
300
What is realistic about the story?
What is the brother and sister spend most of their time cleaning and working on their hobbies
300

List the preposition: "It was in the house"

What is "in"

400
remote; set back
What is recessed
400
What is the mood of the story?
What is creepy
400
What is the main idea of the story?
What is when people avoid their fears, they lose parts of themselves and can eventually lose everything
400
What element of magical realism is the following: The narrator shutting the door and being calm about the invaders in the house?
What is unimpressed tone
400

List the object of the preposition: "She cleaned the shelf with the feather duster"

What is "duster"

500

difficult to hear because something is covering and softening the sound

What is muffled

500

How do we know that the narrator and his sister are nervous and afraid? 

What is they stop thinking and have a difficult time sleeping/talking in their sleep

500
How are the stories-"Fall of the House of Usher" and "House Taken Over" similar?
What is they come from wealthy families and lived in a home passed down from generations
500
What elements of Magical realism is the following: A brother and sister who spend most of their time cleaning?
What is realistic setting and recognizable characters
500

List the prepositional phrase: "We found ourselves stuck at the front door."

what is "at the front door?"

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