Summer of the Mariposas Plot
What interrupts the sisters' peaceful summer swim?
a dead body
"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster." (6)
Simile
"The landscape was a ____________ desert, with few trees or shrubs"
deranged - sparse - intimacy - rueful - perplexed - sniveling
sparse
Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)
Disappeared
Dis-Prefix
Appear-Root
Ed-Suffix
completely baffled; very puzzled
Perplexed
Who summoned the evil Trinity? What evils make up the trinity?
Cecilia summoned them, the evil trinity is made up of the nagual, the lechuzas, and the chupacabras.
Identify the figurative language displayed
"Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty dessicated cocoons still clinging to their branches and carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter." (51)
Metaphor
They tried saying good bye to abuelita, but were _______________ speechless by their sobs.
deranged - sparse - intimacy - rueful - perplexed - sniveling - rendered
rendered
Break up this word correctly. (3 parts)
Constricted
Con - Prefix
Strict - Root
Ed - Suffix
a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune
odyssey
The ancient city that floats on Lake Texcoco, Tenochitlan, is the capital of what ancient civilization to which the Garza girls can trace their ancestry?
Aztec
Identify the figurative language displayed.
"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." (75)
Hyperbole
The ______________ driver was pulled over for his unpredictable movements
erratic
Break up this word correctly. (2 Parts)
Television.
Tele-Prefix
Vision-Root
happening by accident or by chance
fortuitous
What is the name of the game the girls played in the beginning with their father?
Loteria
Identify the figurative language displayed. There are 2!
"Pita was all bug-eyed and big-eared... nervous as a little mouse" (110)
metaphor, simile
La Llorona's longing was ______________ when Odilia met her by the river in chapter 21
palpable
Break up this word properly. (3 parts)
Dysfunctional
Dys-Prefix
Function- Root
Al-suffix
ridicule or mockery; making fun
derision
What is the name of the new sisters Papa brings in with his new woman, Sarai?
Ashley and Allison
What type of figurative language is displayed?
"Well I think I'm going to need some help. He weighs a ton." (60)
Hyberbole
Papa gave Odilia a _____________ smile when he saw her at her party, signaling his regret
rueful
Break up this word. (2 parts)
Claustrophobia
Claustro-Prefix
Phobia-Root
in a detailed manner
intricately