Parts of a Story
The turning point
What is climax?
What Papa tried to help Esperanza hear by lying down on the land in the first chapter
What is the heartbeat of the Earth?
What a text is mostly about
What is the gist?
Smolder
What is to burn slowly?
What UDHR stands for
What is Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
An event that leads up to the climax
What is rising action?
The gift Papa had meant to give Esperanza for her birthday before he died
What is a doll?
A word that means that something applies to EVERYONE
What is universal?
Charred
What is burnt to a crisp?
The organization that created the UDHR
What is the United Nations?
An event that follows the climax
What is falling action?
Why Tio Luis and Tio Marcos came to see Esperanza's family after Papa died
What is to settle the estate?
A clear and often authoritative statement
What is a declaration?
Plentiful
What is a lot of something?
The gist of Article 23
What is the right to work?
The part that wraps up the story and connects loose ends
What is resolution?
Why Tio Luis wants to marry Mama
What is because he thinks her good reputation will help him win his race for Mayor?
Having a job; working somewhere
What is employment?
Deliberate
What is intentional, decisive; on purpose?
Article 3, which Papa had violated in Esperanza Rising
What is the right to life?
What is exposition?
What happened to Esperanza when Papa was away that she thought was bad luck, or an "admonition"
What is getting cut by a rose thorn?
A wise saying that is meant to communicate a message
What is a proverb?
What is careful in a way that does not attract attention?
Why the United Nations was formed
What is because people did not want the horrible events of World War II to ever be repeated?