Summer of the Mariposas Plot
What interupts the sisters peaceful summer swim?
a dead body
"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster." (6)
Simile
Name all five of the Garza sisters
Odilia, Velia, Delia, Juanita, Pita
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Disappeared
Dis-Prefix
Appear-Root
Ed-Suffix
Define the word cadaver.
The cadaver had startled the girls
Dead body/corpse
Who does Odilia try to save from drowning?
La llorona's children
Identify the figurative language displayed
"Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desicated cacoons still clinging to their branches and carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter." (51)
Metaphor
Dressed the dead body in preparation for the trip.
Juanita
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Constricted
Constrict-Root
Ed- Suffix
Fill in the blanks for the following quote.
"La Llorona said we have to remain _______ and ______. If we do that, everything will be all right." pg 194
noble and kind
Name the narrator of the story.
Odilia
Identify the figurative language displayed.
"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." (75)
Hyperbole
The sister who first noticed the ear pendant given to Odilia from La Llorona.
Juanita
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Television
Tele-Prefix
Vision-Root
What two places is the Rio Grande between?
Mexico and Texas
What is the name of the game the girls played in the beginning with their father?
Loteria
Identify the figurative language displayed.
"The waters were dark and angry, almost violent-nothing like our friendly swimming hole" (46)
Personification
This sister had change and was trying to leave the car to call Mama at the convenience store.
Pita
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Dysfunctional
Dys-Prefix
Function- Root
Al-suffix
Unscramble this sentence correctly
The sisters younger don't think cares Mama about them and feel she just is as bad as Papa.
What was the relationship between the dead man and his family before he died?
He had abandoned his family and told them he wouldn't be returning.
What type of figurative language is displayed?
"Well I think I'm going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know." (60)
Pun
The sister who told the dead man's family that they found him floating in the river.
Delia
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Claustrophobia
Claustro-Prefix
Phobia-Root
The town where the sisters arrived to take the dead man to his home.
El Sacrificio