Figurative Language
The drums were as loud as a thunderstorm.
Simile
The location and time of a story
Setting
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
Stanza
The major event that forces Esperanza and her mother to leave Mexico
Esperanza's father dies, and the family's farm and home burn down.
A synonym for tired
Eshausted, sleepy, weary, fatigued
BOOM!
Onomatopoeia
The turning point or main event in a story
Climax
The speaker's attitude or feeling
Tone
How Esperanza feels on the train ride to California
Possible answers: sad, scared, embarassed, overwhelmed
This part of an essay tells readers what it will be about
Introduction
The wind whispered through the trees at night.
Personification
Name at least three parts of a plot
Possible answers:
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Describe imagery
Sensory details you can see/hear/smell/taste/touch
What happens to Mama at the farm labor camp?
She becomes sick with valley fever - a serious lung infection from the dust in the fields.
First-person point of view or perspective
She was on cloud nine when she found out her best friend could visit for the weekend.
Idiom
The message an author wants to convey in a story
Theme
True or false: a poem must rhyme.
False
The type of fiction that Esperanza Rising is
Historical Fiction
This part of an essay wraps it up and reminds readers of the main idea
Conclusion
I waited in line for a million hours before it was my turn.
Hyperbole
The main events in a story, play, or movie
This is where a line of poetry ends and a new one begins
Line break
How Esperanza changes when she arrives in the United States
Possible answers: She has to work, she loses her wealth, her home is different, she learns responsibility
This part of speech describes a noun (for example, frightened)
Adjective