rhetorical language
Determine the similie in this sentence:
Maria Santiagi turned slowly around and glared at Sierra. She almost always flitted back and forth like an anxious hummingbird. Now she stood perfectly still, a little fire glinting in her dark eyes. "Just finish squeezing the ajo for me and go see what your abuelo wants, please."
She almost always flitted back and forth like an anxious hummingbird.
Define Street Art
Street Art is a form of visual art portrayed on the sides of buildings, billboards, and even cars. Street Art originated as graffiti but now encompasses any art displayed in a public space. The movement grew from a belief that art is democratic and should be accessible to anyone. Street Art is also a platform for social protest.
What is an "author's craft?" Define this in one sentence.
It is the specific techniques, tools, and stylistic choices a writer uses to make their writing more powerful, interesting, and effective. It is "how" an author writes, covering elements like word choice, sentence structure, tone, and literary devices used to convey meaning and create a specific effect for the reader.
How do Wick's motivations change throughout the book?
He becomes motivated by power.
Where is Sierra painting a dragon mural at the beginning of the story? Why?
The Tower because Manny, who hates the Tower, asked her to.
What is symbolism? Define in 1 sentence.
It is the use of objects, colors, characters, places or actions to represent ideas, deeper meanings, or emotions beyond their literal meaning.
Define Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation is taking one aspect of a culture that is not your own and using it for your personal interest, power, or financial gain.
What are some examples of author's craft? Name at least 2.
dialogue, word choice, repetition, figurative language (similies, metaphors, imagery, etc), structure.
What hint does Grandpa Lazaro give Sierra about Lucera's whereabouts?
A paper that says "Where lonely women go to dance."
What location is next to the Tower?
The Junklot.
What is imagery? Define it in a complete sentence.
Imagery is visually descriptive, sensory, or figurative language. Imagery is created by stringing together vivid, charged words--especially verbs and adjectives--to establish a mood. It can appeal to our senses of sight, smell, touch, sound, etc.
Define Oral Tradition
Oral tradition is the transmission of stories, histories, lessons, art and other knowledge that create historical records and sustain a particular culture or identity. Passing stories from generation to generation keeps family traditions and the social order of a culture intact.
What does Older use the Tower to symbolize? Explain in one complete sentence.
Older uses the Tower to symbolize gentrification, since the Tower was built and then abandoned by a wealthy development company without permission from the community.
What new information does Sierra learn from her brother Juan? Name 2 things.
(1) Her grandfather had told her brother about and initiated him into shadowshaping but not Sierra. (2) Spirits had told Juan that she was in trouble which is how he knew where to find her. (3) Lazaro had brought spirits with him from Puerto Rico. (4) Lazaro's shadowshaping powers came from his storytelling.
Where was Sierra chased by the corpuscule? How is the setting described?
Flatbush. A creepy suburban area with southern-style mansions and empty streets.
What mood does this imagery creates? Why?
"She barely stopped herself from crumpling onto the street as the giant shadow creature dragged itself forward, towering over her. A sharp, tangy smell flooded her nostrils - an ancient stench that told her whole body to run as far away as she could."
Mood: Suspenseful.
Reasoning: The author uses the image of this monstrous creature to convey that Sierra is in overwhelming danger. This matters because it makes the reader anxious and unsure about whether Sierra will be safe.
Define gentrification
Gentrification is the process where the poor urban areas are changed by wealthier people moving in, displacing, and forcing current communities to leave in the process.
Why does Older juxtapose the following two locations: "they passed an all-night hair salon and then a fancy new bakery with dainty cupcakes stenciled on the window?"
Older juxtaposes these two locations in order to show and comment on the effects of gentrification on Sierra's neighborhood.
What is the name of the monster that attacked Sierra? What is the name of the golden glowing spirits that told the monster it was "too late?"
(1) a throng haint (creature created through forbidden binding magic) (2) the Sorrows
Where does Robbie take Sierra on their date? Why is this place important?
Club Kalfour. This place is important because (1) it is where Robbie's graffiti-like murals are and (2) its where Robbie teaches Sierra how to see the spirits in the murals.
On page 101-102, what mood does the setting convey?
Older portrays Sierra’s interactions with a setting that’s unfamiliar and like a “maze.” The “glaring” windows, the “dim” night, the “cascade” of rain conjure an uninviting, “creepy” or suspensful mood.
Define: Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human societies and cultures and their development. When someone practices anthropology, they often routinely visit, or even live in, the communities they’re researching, so they can gather knowledge of the group’s norms and rituals.
What ideas or themes is Wick meant to symbolize? How does the author show this (find evidence).
Wick is meant to represent:
(1) cultural appropriation
(2) greed and using other's for one's benefit
(3) the problems of anthropology
Evidence: pages 55-56, 70 or 117-118
based on chapter 19-20, what kind of relationship does Robbie say that shadowshapers and spirits should have with each other?
Shadowshapers work with spirits, in tandem, side by side. They have a recipricol relationship, one of equal exchange. They are united.
When Sierra goes to visit Bennie, she describes "The Takeover?" What does this term refer to?
The gentrification of Bennie's neighborhood in Brooklyn.