Summer of the Mariposas: Vocab
What is an apparition?
A ghost; a spirit
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
The legendary ghost who tells Odilia that her destiny is to bring the dead man's body back to his family in Mexico.
La Llorona
Who was the last known survivor of the last U.S. slave ship died in 1940—75 years after the abolition of slavery.
Her name was Matilda McCrear.
What Point of View was Summer of the Mariposas written?
First Person
What is a cadaver?
dead body
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things.
Who is the narrator of the story?
Odilia
What conflict was the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil?
The Civil War
What two places is the Rio Grande between? *DD
Mexico & Texas
What is the moral, lesson or message of the story that can be applied to every day life called?
Theme
What is hyperbole?
Use of a HUGE exaggeration to emphasize a point.
The Garza Sisters, put them in the right age order
Odilia, Juanita, Velia, Delia, and Pita
President Andrew Johnson in 1865 and 1866, new southern state legislatures passed what restrictive Codes to control the labor and behavior of former enslaved people and other Africans.
The Black Codes
Which relative of Mrs. Files fought in the Vietnam War and earned four purple hearts?
Her paternal grandfather
What is a struggle/problem/ or obstacle between two opposing forces?
Conflict
What is imagery?
Language that creates a mental image for the reader, using sensory descriptions.
The town in Mexico that the dead body is from.
El Sacrificio
What laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Named after a Black minstrel show character, these laws—which existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968—were meant to marginalize Africans and indigenous people by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities.
Jim Crow Laws
What does "dilapidated" mean?
Old and falling apart
What is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
Empathy
What is symbolism?
When something is used to represent something else. Example: Butterfly=transformation
What does Cinco Hermanita mean? *DD
Five little Sisters
What is Agent Orange?
a toxic and deadly herbicide used during the Vietnam War as a weapon against the Vietnamese people and their soil.
What does "dire" mean?
Very serious, most extreme, or urgent