| Vocabulary | Esparanza + Family | Other Characters | School | Figurative Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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A type of car
What does Buick mean?
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A photo company where she matches negatives to the original photo
Where does Esperanza get her first job?
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Lucy and Rachel
What are Esperanza's closest friends name?
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The Canteen
Where does Esperanza want to eat at school?
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Compares two things using like or as
What is a simile?
|
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To copy or mimic
What does Imitate mean?
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Uncle Nacho
Who takes her to dance during the Batpism?
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A bum man tries to kiss her
What happens to Rachel while wearing heels?
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To feel special
Why does Esperanza want to eat at the canteen?
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Giving person-like qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
|
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To be in charge of someone or something
What does authority mean?
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Get her first job
Why is Aunt LaLa important? What does she help Esperanza do?
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He crashes the Cadillac.
How does Louie's cousin get arrested?
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The Nun Supreme
Who makes Esperanza cry?
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Personification
What kind of figurative language is "the disease chooses randomly and wildly".
|
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A type of puffy white cloud
What does cumulus mean?
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He cries when her abuelito dies.
What surprises Esperanza about her father?
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The clouds
What calms Darius down?
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A Rice Sandwich
What does Esperanza eat during lunch?
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Descriptive
What types of sentences does the author use?
|
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A picture where the light is reversed or switched
What is a photo negative?
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To pay for her Catholic school
Why does Esperanza need a job?
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They didn't want the attention anymore
Why do Lucy and Rachel not care that the heels were thrown away?
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She didn't think it was all that great
What did Esperanza think about the canteen after she ate there?
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Disease can happen to anyone at anytime.
What does "the disease chooses randomly and wildly" mean?
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