Vocab
The definition of Devastated
What is destroyed or completely upset?
This compound adjective describes someone who feels really sad
What is broken-hearted?
This is the gift that Jing-mei's mother gives her for the thirtieth birthday.
What is a Piano?
The name of the Grandmother in the story "Grounded"
What is Grandma Sofia?
The rhyme scheme for:
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
What is ABA?
The definition of lamented
What is expressed regret?
This compound adjective describes the noise of a deafening sound
What is ear-piercing?
This is the type of haircut Jing-mei's mother gave her
What is Shirley Temple?
This is the location that the narrator and grandma were going to go Saturday night in the story "Grounded"
What is the house at Luisa's?
The rhyme scheme for:
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
What is a free verse or ABC?
The definition of indignity
What is the feeling that one has been disrespected?
This compound adjective describes someone who keeps working hard
What is hard-working?
This person has poor eyesight and no hearing. He is also Jing-mei's piano teacher.
What is Mr. Chong
Grandma from the story "Grounded" owns this type of car
What is a 1966 red Chevy Impala convertible?
The meaning of catapulted in the poem:
In the stretch . . .
How you catapulted
Through the tape . . .
What is launched forward?
The definition of reproach
What is criticism or disapproval?
This third person pronoun is used to symbolize more than one person
What is "They"?
These are two pieces of music that Jing-mei played on the piano
What is Pleading Child and Perfectly Contented?
The reason why the narrator from the story "Grounded" decided to go home
What is struggling to drive at night?
The reason why the author uses the word "run" repeatedly:
Run straight
Run high
Run hard
What is perseverance?
The definition of linguists
What is people who study how language works?
This second person pronoun is used to address someone
What is "you"
The amount of twin daughter's that Jing-mei's mother had
What is 2?
This is what grandma used to be before she got married in the story "Grounded"
What is a backup singer?
The figurative language in the poem:
Live
As I have taught you
To run, Boy—
What is a metaphor?