Vocabulary
What is a "cadaver"?
dead body
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things.
A carpet of butterfly corpses lined the ground.
What figurative language is used here?
Metaphor
The magical item La Llorona gives to Odilia.
an earring
Who said these words?
“You must remain pure of heart on this journey... Be courageous but remember to also be noble and everything will be all right.”
La Llorona
What is an "apparition"?
A ghost; a spirit
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
"...the waters of the Rio Grande pooled, relaxed, and bubbled into laughter..."
What figurative language is used here?
personification
The legendary ghost who tells Odilia that her destiny is to bring the dead man's body back to his family in Mexico.
La Llorona
Who side these words?
“Holy shiitake mushrooms!”
Velia and Delia (The twins)
What is decipher?
To succeed in understanding, interpreting , or identifying something.
What is hyperbole?
Use of a HUGE exaggeration to emphasize a point.
"Pita wailed louder than a fire alarm."
What is this figurative language called?
hyperbole
The Garza Sisters, put them in the right age order
Odilia, Juanita, Velia, Delia, and Pita
Who said these words?
“Don't you get it? We were meant to find him, so we could go see our abuelita in Mexico again. It was fate that brought him to us.”
Juanita
What does it mean to be "contrite"?
regretful or to feel sorry or remorseful
What is personification?
When an inanimate object is given human qualities.
"He was lying face down in the water like a giant, water-logged, voodoo doll."
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Simile
Name of the place where Abuelita lives.
Hacienda Dorado
Who said these words?
"But when she felt the corpse floating beside her, she started pulling Pita out of the water as if she were a sopping Raggedy Ann doll.”
Odilia (the narrator)
What does "dilapidated" mean?
old, broken down, or falling apart
What is imagery?
Language that creates a mental image for the reader, using sensory descriptions.
“It had certainly been that way with Cecilia, the beautiful butterfly who had turned out to be a poisonous wasp.”
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Metaphor
The town in Mexico that the dead body is from.
El Sacrificio
Who said these words?
"You must save the ear pendant's remaining gifts. Use them sensibly, for there is so much more to life than nightmares and demons in the dark. In order to go home, to be truly happy again, you must face the worst enemy of all, the monster that lives among you."
Teresita