VOCAB
The biggest gift Julia got for graduation
What is a typewriter?
When an author creates an image in the reader’s mind by comparing one thing to something else
What is a metaphor?
Which famous poet did Julia's mother quote when she said: ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’
Shakespeare
What are two of Julia's middle/last names?
What is “Julia Altagracia María Teresa Álverez Tavares Perello Espaillat Julia Pérez Rochet González.”
What is the vocab word from last unit that means small bunches of flowers?
What is posies?
A market in a Middle Eastern or Asian country
What is bazaar?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously
What is hyperbole?
What is the nickname did a group of troublemaking friends call Julia?
What is Alcatraz?
What theme is represented in this quote: "I just wanted to be Judy and merge with the Sallys and the Janes in my class. But, inevitably, my accent and coloring gave me away."
What is looks/appearance?
Diss tracks, reference to religious texts/mythology, and inside jokes are an example of
What is Intertextuality?
Complicated, mixed up, hard to understand
What is convoluted?
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification?
When Julia was signing yearbooks at the end of the story, what nicknames did she use?
“Beans” and “Pepperoni” and “Alcatraz.”
What relationships does Alvarez focus on the most throughout the story?
What is her relationship with her family?
A subtle difference or distinction in appearance, meaning, expression, or sound
What is nuance?
Extravagantly or excessively fancy
What is rococo?
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
What is irony?
What gifts did Julia receive for graduation? List several
Wallets, a suitcase with her initials, and money from her uncles. The biggest gift she got was a portable typewriter from her parents for writing her stories and poems.
What is repeatedly disregarded and mispronounced throughout the story?
Names
Which vocab word from last unit means bittterness of spirit?
What is gall?
Elaborate or complicated
What is florid?
Each letter represents one spoken sound
What is phonetic spelling?
According to the Dominican custom, the speakers name includes her middle names, and her Mother’s and Father’s surnames for how many generations back?
What is four generations?
The process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilates the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially
Assimilation
Name all three authors from our last unit.
Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Carlos William.