Critical Gist
While staying at Cecilia's, we learn that the dead man was killed because ________
What is he was a drug dealer being pursued by criminals.
Who is more powerful? Tonantzin or El Nagual?
Who is Tonantzin
She was the youngest girl. She wanted to go home to mama.
Who is Pita
“The night was calm and gentle, wrapping me peacefully in its silent arms.”
Personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, pun, allusion
What is personification
to discipline or punish
coaxed, chastised
What is chastised
La Llorona warns Odilia to be _______ and kind if they want to succeed. Hint: This is a critical theme of the story.
What is noble
When Odilia and her sisters sing together, the dead __________ come back to life and dance to their song.
butterflies
She is the oldest and most conservative. She has to function as the mother. In the scene with El Naqual, she wakes the others by singing the lullaby that Mama taught her.
Odilia
“My mother’s smile warms me like the sun on the first day of Spring.”
Personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, pun, allusion
What is simile
feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt
contrite, secluded coaxed, surreal
What is contrite
Another imortant theme is that things aren't always as they _____________.
What is appear.
We learn that El Nagual has the bones of 1000 _________in his cave.
children
She was most ready to take the dead man home. In the scene with the Nagual, she bows down to pray.
Who is Juanita
“Immediately, the enchanting woman began doting on us, like a tiny yellow butterfly, fluttering about.” (130)
Personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, pun, allusion
What is a simile
having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
cryptic, decipher, surreal coaxed
What is cryptic.
We discover that Cecilia uses this to subdue the girls.
What is drugs(potion, herbs, etc)
What is the intial reaction of the dead man's family when they first learn that he is in the car?
What is frustration, anger, etc. Any negative.
They tied up Pita when they knew Pita was going to call home. Name either twin.
Who are Velia and Delia
Papa left the girls for another woman and his singing career. This gives new meaning to aBANDonment.
Personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, pun, allusion
truthful and straightforward; frank
Inopportune, Nonchalant, Candid, Interrogation
What is candid
El Nagual dies by falling into this.
Soup, there it is!
What is a pot/cauldron.
El Nagual is sometimes depicted as a werewolf, but in this story, he took the form of a__________
What is donkey
To whom does La Lorona initially show herself?
Odilia
Pita referss to El Nagual as Eeyore. This is from Winnie the Pooh and the 100 Acres Woods. What do we call it when you reference something outside the text?
Personification, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, pun, allusion
What is allusion
feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm
Candid, Nonchalant, Inopportune, Interrogation
What is Nonchalant