Vocab 1
fundamental and universal ideas explored in a literary work
Theme
a copy; a cultural item that is spread by repetition and replication
Meme
refried beans
Frijoles
recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text's major themes
Motif
a wooden, xylophone-like instrument
Marimbas
cafeteria
Canteen
something that represents or stands for something else
Symbol
British-American cosmetic company that was widely sold through magazines in the 1980s.
Avon
a small, graceful literary sketch
Vignette
a tire with a white stripe around the outside
Whitewalls
a part of a large U.S. city, especially a crowded inner-city area, inhabited chiefly by a Spanish-speaking population
Barrio
having many flat, narrow folds
Pleated