Vocabulary
This word means "to recall past experiences with pleasure."
What is reminisce?
"Your identity is not where you are born, but what you make of it" is an example of...
What is theme?
This part of the story introduces the setting and the characters.
What is the exposition?
This person cancels the trip because the person on the phone was being taunting him.
Who is Rafael?
This verb means "to discuss something in order to make a decision."
What is confer?
This word means "to make certain or guarantee."
What is assure?
The family moves to America and never makes it back to their home country of Panama for a visit.
What is the overall conflict?
A central idea or universal message that can be applies to anyone.
What is a theme?
The new recruit could not handle the excercises, so she quit. What part of speech is the italicized word?
What is a noun?
This verb means "to come together or assemble."
What is convene?
This word means "to cause severe and extensive damage."
What is ravage?
This place used to be ruled by Manuel Noriega and is the home of a famous canal.
What is Panama?
This structure contains an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution.
What is a plot diagram?
Celia has an AHA moment at the beach. What part of the plot diagram is this?
What is the resolution?
This word means "little sister" in Spanish
What is hermanita?
This word refers to a dramatic or exaggerated display of emotions.
What is melodrama?
This is a long work of fiction, and tells a story from the writer's imagination?
What is a novel?
Celia continues to try to convince Rafael to go to Panama by reminicing about mosquito bites and chips she had a restaurant in Panama. What part of the plot is that?
What is the rising action?
To signify a pause, this is used to replace a dash or a comma in a sentence.
What is an ellipsis?
This word is the term for a dance of Dominican and Haitian folk origin.
What is the merengue?
This word means to come together for a common cause.
What is convene?
This person tells the story.
Who is Mayor? or What is a narrator?
This POV type of story is told by Mayor, and uses he, she, they, and character names.
What is 3rd person POV?
From paragraph 20-21, the author jumps forward a year. Why would the author jump a whole year to continue the story?
The time jump is used to skip over mundane events, and control the pacing of the story.
This is the name of a neighborhood in Panama City that suffered heavy damage during the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.
What is El Chorrillo?