Vocab Definitions
A lack of interest, concern, or sympathy toward something or someone.
What is indifference?
“The aroma of freshly fried alcapurrias drifted from the kitchen, enticing everyone to come sit at the table.” In this sentence, enticing means......
What is attracting or tempting them?
In the prologue, the author is standing in a store in this major U.S. city when she spots a display of guavas.
What is New York City?
The skin was smooth and yellow, yielding gently to the pressure of my thumb.” This line appeals primarily to this sense.
What is touch (tactile imagery)
The scent of warm guavas filled the room, _______ everyone to take a bite.” What sense does this sentence appeal to, and what does enticing mean
Enticing
Bad-tempered, sulky, gloomy, or glum in demeanor.
What is sullen?
“Dark, ominous clouds gathered over the hills of Macún right before the sudden tropical downpour.” The word ominous suggests the clouds looked like this.
What is threatening or signaling something bad/unpleasant?
antiago compares buying a firm, green guava in a supermarket to eating one fresh off the tree in Puerto Rico, noting that this key quality was missing.
What is ripeness (or sweetness/softness)?
A sweet, tropical perfume filled the air as soon as the fruit was sliced open.” This sentence uses imagery targeting this sense
What is smell (olfactory imagery)?
Dark, ________ thunderclouds rolled over the mountains as the storm approached.” What type of imagery is used here,
ominous
To restrain, suppress, or prevent something from being expressed (or to make someone unable to breathe freely).
What is stifle?
When Negi disobeyed her mother, Mami gave her a reproachful look across the room.” A reproachful look is intended to show this feeling.
What is disapproval, disappointment,
The physical act of pushing past her nostalgia to buy and eat an unripe guava represents her transition into this stage of her life.
What is adulthood (or life in America)?
“Tiny, hard seeds crunched between my teeth with every bite.” This description engages these two senses simultaneously.
What are sound (auditory) and touch/taste (tactile/gustatory)?
When she spoke in a soft , ________her voice was so quiet the class had to stifle their giggles to hear.”
dialect
Deeply upset, agitated, or worried as a result of emotional conflict or grief.
What is distraught?
“While English was spoken in the school, the family spoke in a local dialect at home.” In this context, dialect refers to this specific aspect of communication.
What is a regional or social form of lang
As a young girl in Macún, Negi learned that a guava was ready to eat when its skin turned this color.
What is yellow?
Why do authors use descriptive words that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
What is to help the reader imagine the scene in their mind?
The author used subtle details—like the light crunch of tiny seeds—to describe eating the fruit.” The two senses described by the phrase “light crunch of tiny seeds” are _______ and _______.
Sound, touch/taste, tactile/gustatory
So delicate, faint, or precise as to be difficult to analyze, describe, or notice directly.
What is subtle?
“Demanding that children tell the truth while adults lie is an example of
Hypocrisy
Santiago ends the prologue by stating that eating a guava now brings a feeling of this bittersweet emotion.
What is longing (or nostalgia / sadness)?
When an author describes the taste of sweet fruit or the crunch of hard seeds, they are using words to appeal to these.
What are the five senses (or sensory details)?
After receiving a reproachful glare from Mami, Negi sat in the corner feeling ______ and _____”
Distraught, Sullen