Vocabulary - Words
Intact
Undamaged; complete
Small, decorative mats
Doilies
Who is an antagonist?
A character or force who opposes the protagonist
What is the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence? (One word for each)
After dinner, we went outside to play capture the flag.
Subject: we
Predicate: went
Anita fills what two roles (from our list of literary devices) in Before We Were Free?
Protagonist and Narrator
Accommodations
A place for someone to stay or live
Improbable, hard to believe, "out there"
Farfetched
This part of the plot comes after the falling action
Resolution
What is the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence?
Even though he tried to hide it, the dog with the guilty expression on his face was obviously the culprit.
with the guilty expression
on his face
What is/are the major setting(s) of Before We Were Free?
Dominican Republic and New York City
Simultaneously
at the same time
A person who disagrees, especially with an authority
Dissident
What literary device is used in the lyrics:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Metaphor
Is the word in bold a direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, or predicate adjective?
The magician begin performing his magic tricks for us.
direct object
What do butterflies represent in Before We Were Free?
Revolutionaries
Rupture
to break or burst suddenly
Care and showing good judgement in actions or speech, especially to avoid causing offense
Discreet
What are the three different points of view that a story can be told in?
First person, third person limited, third person omniscient
Identify the relative clause(s) in the following sentence.
The project that we had spent months working on was finally finished on exactly the day that it was supposed to be.
that we had spent months working on
that it was supposed to be
What are two themes in Before We Were Free?
Secrets, freedom, coming of age, testimony
Languid
Lacking force or quickness of motion
To make a soft, gentle utterance
What literary device is being used in this sentence:
The infant danced around excitedly, like a newborn puppy who can't stop running.
Simile
Add a subordinate clause to the following sentence, including any punctuation you might need:
We lost the game.
Subordinate clause, we lost the game.
We lost the game subordinate clause.
How does Anita's story fit with Alvarez's description of testimonio?
Evidence and explanation