PLOT
Who is the protagonist of this story?
Victor
what are these called:
" "
Quotation marks
How long has Victor liked Teresa?
since catechism classes at Saint Theresa's
an expression that is seen as angry or bad-tempered
scowl
Who is the author of this story?
Gary Soto
Which below is an event in the story's RISING ACTION?
a) Victor says something foolish to Teresa after homeroom
b) Teresa says, "That was good."
c) Victor scans the cafeteria looking for Teresa
a) Victor says something foolish to Teresa after homeroom
"What classes are you taking?" Michael said, scowling. - which part is the dialogue tag?
Michael said, scowling
How did Victor respond when Teresa said, "Hi, Victor."
He said, "Yeah, that's me."
What does the word portly mean in this sentence from the text: "Mr. Lucas, a portly man, waddled down the aisle, asking, "What is a noun?"
having a stout body, somewhat fat
True or False: Michael liked Teresa.
False
Explain what the RESOLUTION of the story is.
Because Victor's overall problem & goal was to "have Teresa as his girl", the problem is solved at the end when Teresa asks Victor to help her with her French. It shows she wants to hang out with him.
What is wrong with the punctuation:
"How come you're making a face"? asked Victor.
The question mark is outside of the quotation marks, it needs to be inside the quotation marks.
How did Mr. Bueller respond after Victor said, "La me vave me con le grandma"?
Mr. Bueller asked Victor to speak up
Define the word lingered as it is used in paragraph 17: "Victor lingered, keeping his head down and staring at his desk. He wanted to leave when she did so he could bump into her and say something clever."
to stay in place longer than necessary
What was Victor's weakest subject?
Math
Victor said Mr. Bueller was a good guy because he didn't expose Victor for not really knowing French when Teresa was telling him how good he was.
"Correct," Mr. Lucas said, "now provide me with the place."
Broken quotation
Why did Victor think that the scowling was working?
He thought it was working because in paragraph 12, he scowled and out of the corner of his eye he saw a girl looking at him.
Paragraph 12: "He (Victor) scowled with greater conviction." What does this sentence mean?
It means that Victor tried to scowl, a girl looked at him, he thought that it was working so he was scowling harder or with more belief that it was working.
Name the parts, in order, of the plot pyramid.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Denouement
1) Explain what the DENOUEMENT is in a story.
2) What is the denouement in this short story.
1) The denouement is the actual ending to a story
2) Victor runs to the library to get French textbooks and decides he is going to like 7th grade
"Yeah I guess so." _________
What is missing at the end?
The dialogue tag - who is talking & how are they talking?
Where was Teresa during lunch, and what was she doing?
Sitting under a plum tree talking to her friend.
Define the word bustled. (see paragraph 32)
bustled means to move in an energetic or noisy manner
Explain how the author uses a flashback, a literary device, with Mr. Bueller.
The author uses a flashback when Mr. Bueller thinks back to his college days when he had a girlfriend he was trying to impress. Relating himself to Victor in that climatic moment.