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The Mother
Jing Mei
The story
Point Of View
Vocabulary
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The mother wants Jing-Mei to be a .....
prodigy--first shirley temple prodigy, then a smart prodigy, then a piano prodigy
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Why does Jing-Mei feel happy about being a prodigy at first?
Because she is feeling her mother's love and getting her mother's attention.
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Where does the mother get the ideas for her talents for Jing-Mei?
From magazines and watching the Ed Sullivan show.
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What pronoun would be used for first person point of view?

I, me, and my

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What word belongs in this sentence?

She was ashamed of the (indignity / indecision) she suffered at the recital.

Indignity

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List the talents Jing-Mei's mother makes her try?
shirley temple actress, smart person, pianist.
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What does Jing-Mei promise to herself?
She will not allow anyone to change her.
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What does Jing-Mei learn from Mr Chong?
How to be lazy and not learn how to play the piano. How to get away with not learning to play.
200

What point of view was "Two Kinds" written from?

First Person

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What's the definition of squabbling?

Fighting over something minor (petty argument)

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Why does Jing-Mei's mother want her to be a prodigy?
For her own good.
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What does Jing-Mei do to make he rmother stop testing her?
She acts bored, performed listlessly, and counted the foghorns.
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What are the two types of children, according to the mother.
those that listen and those that do what they want to do.
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What does point of view mean?

The perspective from which a story is told

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Because she is a chess champion, Waverly Jong is beyond _______


What word belongs in the sentence?

1) reproach 2) discordant 3) lamented

Reproach

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What does Jing-Mei yell at her mother that causes her to give up hope?
I hate you, I wish i was one of the babies that you left behind in China.
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Does Jing Mei ever please her mother? why?
No. She didn't go to college, she didn't get straight A's, she didn't become class president, she didnt go to Stanford.
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Name the 2 songs at the end of the story, Jing-Mei plays.
perfectly contended and Pleading Child
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The third-person point of view would use what pronouns?

she, he, they, them

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"She bring home too many trophy," lamented Auntie Lindo that Sunday. "All day she play chess. All day I have no time to do nothing but dust off her winnings." She threw a scolding look at Waverly, who pretended not to hear her.

What does lamented mean? 

Expressed regret

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How does Aunty Lind's remarks about Waverly affect the mother? What does it prompt her to do?
It affected her by becoming angry/jealous. It prompted her to sign Jing-Mei up for a concert.
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What does the gift of the piano by the mother to Jing-Mei represent to Jing-Mei?
Forgiveness for the fight that they had after the concert.
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How does this piece of diction characterize Jing-Mei? "You want me to be something that I am Not! I wil never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!
It shows that Jing-Mei was becoming stronger and fighting off her mother's dreams of being a prodigy. It shows that she is standing up for herself. It shows that she will no live life on her terms.
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Is this an example of the first-person point of view? "The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. I won't let her change me, I promised myself.

Yes. The pronoun "I" is being used.

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Old Chong can’t hear the ______ music Jing-mei is playing.


What word belongs in the sentence?

Discordant or devastated

Discordant