Your opinion or answer to a question or prompt
What is a claim?
This plot element introduces the characters, time, and setting.
What is the exposition?
This person is the protagonist and narrative in Taco Head.
Who is Sofia?
This person is the protagonist and narrator in Abuela Invents the Zero.
Who is Connie or Constancia?
Papa in Esperanza Rising was robbed and killed in this state in Mexico.
What is Aguascalientes?
The sentence that follows and supports your claim. This information is most commonly quoted directly from the text.
What is evidence?
This plot element is where good finally meets evil. This is usually the most exciting part of the plot.
What is the climax?
This person is the antagonist in Taco Head.
Who is the bully (unnamed)?
This is the nationality of Connie and her family.
What is Puerto Rican?
This person is the protagonist of Esperanza Rising.
Esperanza
This is the logical justification or explanation for your claim. This information supports and elaborates on your claim and evidence.
What is reasoning?
This plot element is comprised of several events that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action.
This person is the author of Taco Head.
Who is Viola Canales?
This is the author of Abuela Invents the Zero.
Who is Judith Cofer Ortiz?
This plot element can be used to describe the moment when Esperanza's father was mugged and killed.
What is the inciting incident?
CER is most often used in this form of writing.
What is argumentative essays?
This plot element refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.
What is falling action.
This social issue is exposed in Taco Head.
What is racism?
These people are known to be an indigenous group in Puerto Rico.
Who are Tainos?
Esperanza became ___________ when she lost her wealth.
What is rich?
This sentence is the most important sentence in an argumentative essay because it clearly states the writer's argument.
What is a thesis statement?
In a dramatic work, this plot element is the anticipation of the outcome of a plot or of the solution to an uncertainty, puzzle, or mystery, particularly as it affects a character for whom one has sympathy.
What is suspense?
The author of Taco Head was born in this city and state.
What is McAllen, Texas.
According to Abuela, this is the worst thing a person can do.
What is to make someone feel like a zero or nothing?
The story Esperanza Rising takes place during this economic time period.
What is the great depression?