Show:
The Pearl
Poetry
Roots 1
Roots 2
House on Mango Street
100
Coyotito was stung by this creature.
What is a scorpion?
100
A form of language which suggests something other than the literal meaning of words.
What is figurative language?
100
The meaning of geo.
What is earth?
100
This root means life.
What is bio?
100
Nenny.
Who is Esperanza's sister?
200
This was Kino's most prized possession before finding the pearl.
What is his canoe?
200
Creation of a visual sense through words.
What is imagery?
200
The meaning of derm.
What is skin?
200
This root means fear.
What is phobia?
200
The story is made up of a series of these.
What is vignettes?
300
Kino sought the advice of this man.
Who is Juan Tomas?
300
A direct comparison between unlike things using like or as.
What is simile?
300
The meaning of aud.
What is hear?
300
This root means send.
What is mit or mis?
300
Esperanza and her friends only wore these one time.
What are shoes?
400
This many people were tracking the family in the mountains.
What is three?
400
An implied comparison between two things that are not alike.
What is metaphor?
400
The meaning of dem.
What is people?
400
This root means write.
What is graph?
400
This person did not want Sally to get together with her girlfriends.
Who is her husband?
500
This was how Kino knew something bad was going to happen.
What is the Song of Evil?
500
"He clasps the crag with crooked hands" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
500
The meaning of spir.
What is breathe?
500
This root means look.
What is spec?
500
Esperanza's mother stopped going to school for this reason.
What is she didn't have nice clothes?