chapter 1 spelling
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
what is a drought?
used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.
what is Particular?
causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.
what is dreadful?
When La Llorona is explaining what happened the night her and her husband fought she says “Mis hijos were so scared, so confused, that they fled toward the river in darkness and drowned”. Based on context clues, what does mis hijos mean in spanish?
what is my children?
What literary device is used when the author states “He was as rigid as the mannequins at JCPenny, with a baseball cap on his head…” ?
what is a simile?
nauseated; feeling sick.
what is Queasy?
a state of confused and noisy disturbance.
what is commotion?
a period of one hundred years.
what is a century?
What is the rule of the cinco hermanitas (5 sisters) ?
what is together forever no matter what?
What literary device is used when the author states “in the dawning light, it shimmered with the hues of day fighting away the shadows of night…”?
what is personification?
a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.
what is a predicament?
the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
What is frustration?
not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince.
what is implausible?
what insect is featured throughout the novel? How do you spell this word in Spanish?
butterflies: mariposa
What literary device is used when the author states “The fresh morning air hit my lungs like a blow to the chest, and I pressed a fist against my heart as if to stop the pain from killing me”
what is a simile?
be lost or go missing; become impossible to find.
What is to disappear?
willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences.
what is Adventurous?
what is a descendant?
who is Mr.Moore?
what is the manager of the restaurant where their mother works
what literary device is used in the phrase "I've told you this 20,000 times!!!"?
what is a hyperbole?
the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time.
what is Frequency?
the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time.
what is frequency?
having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.
what is unfortunate?
The legend of La Llorona is told as a the story of a vengeful ghost from Mexico who is said to roam near rivers mourning her children who she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was cheating on her. What does la llorona claim actually happened to her children?
What is they fled from their parents fighting and drowned.
what literary device is used lyric "life is a highway"?
what is a metaphor?