The Beauty
Arana noticed the ________ of a widow who offered her the shelter of her hut and a gourd of hot soup.
What is kindness?
There are no longer these kinds of fish.
What is leaping?
Something that is __________is stripped of possessions or stripped of its value.
What is despoiled?
the highest human habitation in the world
What is La Rinconada, Peru?
Arana noticed the __________ of a child in yellow who danced in a noonday cantina.
What is laughter?
There are no longer sparkling __________.
What are lakes?
__________ use of a natural resource would use it all up with no concerns for the environment.
What is intemperate?
Local Rinconadans____________ because they wanted mining operations to be less harmful to them.
What is protested?
Arana notced a 14-year-old girl who could cite _______ by Vallejo.
What is poetry or verses?
Many Peruvians are still ________despite the gold and other natural resources in La Rinconada.
What is poor?
___________drifters stole from the shop owners when they came through the town.
What is marauding?
Government officials rarely visit La Rinconada due to the thin air and this.
What is bitter cold?
Arana noticed, "The tin rooftops gleam like a mantle of diamonds." This demonstrates a type of figurative language that compares two items and uses one of these words: like, as, or than.
What is a simile?
Mined ore is washed with _________.
What is cyanide?
"La Rinconada glitters like a cruel oasis" contains this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
Marie Arana's hometown
What is Lima, Peru?
Arana noticed "the ravished mountain seemed to ripple with ribbons of color." This demonstrates which sound-related poetry/literary device?
What is alliteration?
Mined ore is pounded with __________.
What is mercury?
The two types of figurative language in the line "With so much poverty about, it is hard to believe that Sleeping Beauty harbors riches."
What are metaphor and allusion?
Peru is slightly smaller than this state in the U.S.
What is Alaska?