House on Mango Street
What do Esperanza and her friends, Lucy and Rachel, do to imitate grown-ups?
Wear high heeled shoes
What happened to Moshe the Beadle?
He was taken away in a Cattle Car to a camp
Giving credit to a source/author
What is cite?
This is an item, person, location, or idea that represents something beyond is literal meaning.
What is symbolism?
Why does Esperanza not go to visit the houses on the hill with her family anymore?
She is ashamed of what she and her family can not have.
Why did Esperanza's mother drop out of school?
She was being made fun of her old clothes.
What did the dentist want to take from Elie?
His gold crown
This is what you include in the parentheses for MLA citing a resource
What is the authors last name and page number.
Ex (Clipsham 3)
This is a literary technique used to keep the readers interested in a story and keeps the anticipation up in the story.
What is suspense?
What does Esperanza's mother not know how to do?
Which is the right train to take.
Why does Mamacita not like being in America?
She cant speak English
After catching Idek with the young Polish woman, what happened to Elie?
He got 25 lashes
Cites this quote
"But I told that I did not believe that they could burn people to our age, that humanity would never tolerate it."
Night/ Author: Ellie Wiesel/ page number; 30
(Wiesel 30).
What is the theme of Monkeys paw?
Careful for what you wish for
Dont tempt fate
The misuse of power
When the three aunts tell Esperanza to make a wish, what does she wish for?
Who is Esperanza shocked to see crying when her grandfather dies?
What did everyone on the train wagon fight to the death over?
Bread
Cite this quote: "On the corner, there is music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old."
House on Mango Street/ Author: Sandra Cisneros/ Page Number: 79
"On the corner, there is music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old" (Cisneros 79).
When the main character in "Tell Tale Heart" is talking to the Police, what does he hear?
The old mans heart
This is the problem of a story
What is conflict?
What was the only food Esperanza's father could ask for in English when he moved to the United States?
Ham and Eggs
What happened when Elie woke up on January 29th?
His father died
How do you cite this dialogue passage?
Mr. Bennet made no answer. "Do you not want to know how has taken it?"
Pride and Prejudice/ Author: Jane Austen/ Page number 60
"Mr. Bennet made no answer. 'Do you not want to know who has taken?'" (Austen 60).
What happens to Fortunato at the end of "The Cask of Amontillado"?
He is trapped behind a wall
This is the meaning, message, moral of a story.
What is Theme?