Summer
of the Mariposas
of the Mariposas
This Spanish word translates to "butterfly" in English.
What is mariposa?
"ate a good meal," is an example of a fragment, because it would need what to be a full sentence?
What is a subject?
This is the correct spelling for the word missing in this sentence:
"What is _____ name?"
What is y-o-u-r ?
This imaginary line separates the southern and northern hemispheres on planet Earth.
What is the equator?
When Groucho Marx said, "A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running," he was using this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor.
The Garza girls are from this border town in Texas.
What is Eagle Pass?
"Diego ... to France," is an example of a would-be sentence because it's missing a word that is this part of speech.
What is a verb?
This is the correct spelling for the word missing in this sentence:
"Six is ____ early to wake up."
What is t-o-o ?
This imaginary line separates the western and eastern hemispheres on planet Earth.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The Simon & Garfunkel song that includes this lyric, "Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again,"
is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Mr. Gee's is where this character works.
Who is Mama?
"My cousin Molly..." is a would-be sentence because it has a subject, but is missing this part of a full sentence.
What is a predicate?
This is the correct spelling for the word missing in this sentence:
"I'm shorter _____ you."
What is t-h-a-n ?
Our book, Summer of the Mariposas, is set in two countries, the U.S. and Mexico, and which two hemispheres?
What are the northern and western hemispheres?
Alicia Keys uses this type of figurative language when she sings, "lonely like a highway."
What is a simile?
Odilia prays to this Aztec queen when she uses her magical earrings.
Who is Tonantzin?
In the sentence, "He's a nice person," the word "nice" is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
This is the correct spelling for the word missing in this sentence:
"Is that _____ house?"
What is t-h-e-i-r ?
This river separates the country of Mexico from many of our U.S. states.
What is the Rio Grande?
This type of figurative language could also be called exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This type of butterfly is having a remarkable migration year during most of this book.
What is the American Snout?
True or false
This is a complete sentence: "I went home."
What is true?
This is the correct spelling for the word missing in this sentence:
"_____ hot in the desert."
What is i-t-'-s ?
The sisters refer, a couple times, to which Mexican state being a desert?
What is Chihuahua?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language:
"I asked the distraught particle physicist, 'what’s the matter?'”
What is a pun?