Vocabulary
Story Elements
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Miscllaneous
Miscellaneous 2
100
To destroy.
What is demolish?
100
Where the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
A job that needs special education and training.
What is a profession?
100
Why did they decide to hold the fight in Tompkins Square Park?
The gymnasium would not be large enough for all of the people who were coming to watch.
100
Where does Felix decide to stay until the fight?
His Aunt Lucy's.
200
The removal of something.
What is elimination?
200
The sequence of events in the story.
What is plot?
200
To mix or combine.
What is mingle?
200
The city where Amigo Brothers takes place is..
Manhattan (New York City)
200
What problem do Antonio and Felix face in the beginning of the story?
They are best friends/brothers and have to face each other in a division final boxing match.
300
To come out.
What is emerge?
300
Name the two main characters in Amigo Brothers.
Felix and Antonio (Tony)
300
Something that may make someone less successful.
What is disadvantage?
300
How does Felix feel when he is told that it is time to begin the match?
He is relieved that the match is finally happening.
300
How does the story end? (who wins?)
We don't find out who won the match because Antonio and Felix leave the ring arm in arm before the winner is announced.
400
Badly damaging or destroying.
What is devastating?
400
"Amigo Brothers" is an example of this type of fiction writing.
What is a Short Story?
400
The belief that someone is doing something right.
What is approval?
400
What plan do Felix and Anthony have to handle the problem of their friendship interfering with the fight?
They will act and fight like they do not know each other when they are in the ring.
400
How do Antonio and Felix fight in the match? (are they easy on each other b/c they are friends?)
They fight hard and do not give an inch. They want the best fighter to win so they both work their hardest.
500
To avoid.
What is evade?
500
The big message of the story that the author wants us to think about is called the _____________.
Theme
500
Clearness.
What is clarity?
500
Tell me about one devastating problem you would like to eliminate from the world...what problem would you choose and why?
Answers will vary (ie- war, hunger, poverty, disease, hatred, injustice, gangs, crime, racism, etc...)
500
What is the theme of this story (the message the author wants you to learn)?
Friendship is more important than winning.
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