"I went to private school and started when I was four so I have already passed through level eight."
What is Esperanza
100
What kind of work do Juan & Josefina do?
What is they are field workers
100
vaquero
What is a cowboy
100
Flat and spacious, the valley spread out like a blanket of patchwork fields. This sentence contains a...
simile metaphor alliteration onomatopoeia
What is simile
100
You will love the jamaicas. We have them every Saturday night during the summer. There is music and food and dancing. This Saturday is the last for this year because soon it will be too cold.
What is a jamaica?
What is a dance/party/celebration
200
"Here, we have two choices. To be together and miserable or to be together and happy. I choose to be happy. So which will you choose?"
What is Mama
200
What caused Miguel & Alfonso to almost be left behind when the train took off?
What is they were looking for water to put on the mysterious "package."
200
Mija
What is my daughter
200
On the other side, fields and fields of dark green cotton plants were a sea of milk white puffs.
This sentence contains an example of...
onomatopoeia simile metaphor personification
What is a metaphor
200
Many people come to this valley and wait months for a job. Juan went to a lot of trouble to make sure we had this cabin waiting for us when we got here. Please be grateful for the favors bestowed upon us.
What does bestowed mean?
What is given/placed
300
"I am sure you can see that everything is in order. The name of the employer is written there. People are expecting us."
What is Mama
300
When Isabel starts school, Esperanza will have to take on a new responsibility. What is it?
What is babysitting for Lupe and Pepe
300
campesino
What is field worker
300
On one side of the highway, acres of grapevines stretched out in rows and swallowed up the arbors.
This sentence contains an example of...
simile personification metaphor alliteration
What is personification
300
She had slept through dinner and the entire night. She smelled cafe and chorizo. The coffee and sausage made her stomach growl, and she tried to remember when she had last eaten.
What are cafe and chorizo?
What is coffee and sausage
400
"Just so you know. This isn't Mexico. No one will be waiting on you here."
What is Marta
400
When Marta & her friends attend the Jamaica, what do they try to persuade the crowd to do?
What is go on strike
400
Buena suerte
What is good luck
400
The cabin was as tiny, cramped, and dirty as a horse stall.
This sentence contains an example of...
personification onomatopoeia simile metaphor
What is a simile
400
Esperanza held the dirty diapers at arm's length and almost ran to the toilets. Several more onion trucks passed by, their smell accosting her eyes and nose as much as the diapers.
What does accosting mean?
What is bothering/attacking
500
"We are accustomed to doing things a certain way, aren't we, Esperanza? But I guess I am not too old to change. We will help each other. I will unbutton the buttons you cannot reach and you will help Isabel, yes?"
What is Hortensia
500
Why did a group of girls at camp make fun of Esperanza and call her "La Cenicienta?"
What is Esperanza did not know how to use a broom to sweep the platform.
500
Entiendes?
What is understand?
500
A group of girls were crowded next to the box, cooing and cradling the cute little cats.
This sentence contains an example of...
simile metaphor alliteration personification
What is alliteration
500
Esperanza studied Mama as she made un burrito de frijoles for lunch and wrapped the soft tortilla filled with pinto beans in paper.
What are frijoles?