Esperanza says that she and her sister's laughter is "like a pile of dishes breaking." She is using this kind of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
What kind of error is the following?
"Our new bicycle."
What is a sentence fragment?
100
Name the five paragraphs in an essay.
What are the introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion?
100
Logan Middle School is this part of speech (Be specific!).
What is a proper noun?
200
This character is Esperanza's little sister.
Who is Nenny?
200
When Esperanza tries to kick Lucy and Rachel out of her yard, she's says there is "[t]oo much trash in our yard today", she is using this kind of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
200
These are the FANBOYS, and this is how they are used.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so, and they are used after a comma in compound sentences?
200
Your thesis statement belongs in these two locations in a five paragraph essay.
What are at the end of the first paragraph and at the beginning of the last paragraph?
200
This is the difference between "its" and "it's".
What is that "its" is a possessive pronoun and "it's" is a contraction for "it is"?
300
This character is Esperanza's aunt who passed away the day she made fun of her.
Who is Aunt Lupe (or Guadalupe)?
300
The following simile means this when Esperanza describes how she feels when she and her family drive by houses on Sunday.
"...all of us staring out the window like the hungry."
What is desperation, shame, etc.?
300
What kind of error is the following?
"She doesn't need anybody to laugh with, she just laughs."
What is a run-on sentence?
300
The first sentence of a body paragraph is called this, and this is what it should do.
What is a topic sentence, and it should introduce the topic of that paragraph?
300
This is Trevor's mother's name in Pay It Forward.
What is Arlene?
400
This character is Esperanza's friend whose father is very strict; she gets married very young and enjoys her husband's money.
Who is Sally?
400
When Esperanza explains that diseases "pick with a dizzy finger" who to affect, this kind of figurative language is being used.
What is personification?
400
What kind of sentence is the following?
"It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them."
What is a compound sentence?
400
This is why you should not write in second person in a five paragraph essay.
What is because it is considered to be informal, and the reader is not going to answer you?
400
An adverb can modify these parts of speech.
What is a verb, an adjective, and another adverb?
500
This character is Esperanza's first real crush. He has a girlfriend who supposedly doesn't know how to tie her own shoes. ;)
Who is Sire?
500
This character told Esperanza the metaphor "a home in the heart" when she wanted to know her future.
Who is Elenita?
500
What are the contractions in the following sentence, and what do they stand for?
"I don't know which way she'll go."
What is "don't" for "do not" and "she'll" for "she will"?
500
These are the five categories in the PSSA writing rubric.
What are focus, organization, content development, style, and conventions?
500
This is Esperanza's last name (mentioned once in the novel).