Vocabulary
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
When I Was Puerto Rican
Academic Vocabulary
100
What is the definition of "mesmerized?"
What is to be fascinated with?
100
What is disdain?
100
Who was the narrator?
What is the 14 year old Native American boy (last name Alexis)?
100
Who was the narrator?
Who is Esmeralda Santiago or the teenage girl for Puerto Rico?
100
What is the time, place, or period of a written work?
What is setting?
200
What is the definition of "mourn?"
What is to grieve?
200
What is the setting of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"?
200
Describe a setting where the narrator was impacted the most.
What is school, the funeral, the basketball game?
200
Describe a setting where she was uncomfortable.
What is the counselor's office, walking home, at her audition, and at home?
200
What is a memoir?
What is a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
300
What is a pantomime?
What is a performance through body movements?
300
Describe Alexis' conflict.
What is the impact on losing family makes one question his identity?
300
Describe the Esmeralda's conflict.
What is Esmeralda lost touch with her dreams and goals when she moved?
300
What are the skills you use before you begin reading?
What are skimming and predicting?
400
What does "untethered" mean?
What is to break apart from?
400
Which character(s) had an impact on our narrator?
What is his mom, his coach?
400
Which characters had an effect on Esmeralda?
What is Mr. Barone, another female teacher and her mom?
400
What is the process called when you narrow down your answer choices?
The process of elimination?
500
What is the definition of a monologue?
What is a long speech by one actor in a play or movie?
500
What is the lesson that the narrator wants to teach us through his experience being the only native at his school?
What is on the road to success you may have to walk it alone?
500
What lesson do you think Esmerala wanted us to learn from her life's experiences?
What is new environments challenge our identity?
500
Name the four main genres that we read.
What is fiction, nonfiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry?