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Period _____
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Reading Literary Text
1.
What inference can you make about Louie’s cousin and the car in the chapter entitled Louie, His Cousin & His
Other Cousin?
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Support that inference with three pieces of evidence directly from the text.
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2.
Choose a theme from the text. __________________________________________________________________
Give examples of that theme from at least four different places in the book.
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3.
Summarize, in approximately five sentences, The Family of Little Feet.
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4.
Choose a main character. ______________________________________________________________________
Using evidence from the text, describe the character’s relationship with the theme chosen above.
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Using evidence from the text, describe the character’s relationship with another character.
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Using evidence from the text, describe how that character has evolved over the course of the text.
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5.
What is the tone of the chapter entitled Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark? __________________________
Give three examples of words/phrases that contribute to the tone of that chapter
Word/Phrase
Page Number
How it contributes to tone
6.
How does the author structure The House on Mango Street? __________________________________________
How does that structure contribute to a building of suspense or tension? ______________________________________
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7.
Compare the culture in the text to the introduction (from 25th anniversary edition) by Sandra Cisneros. How do
you see the information from her introduction reflected in the text? How is it similar and different?
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8.
Compare/contrast the chapter Our Good Day and the same scene portrayed in the video clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3V6sj82Zhk
What is present in both? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What is different between the two? ____________________________________________________________________
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What are the strengths of each medium? ________________________________________________________________
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Which do you feel is more effective/powerful? Why? ______________________________________________________
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9.
Choose an allusion from Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice on Tuesdays.
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What is its purpose in the context of the story? ___________________________________________________________
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10.
Give an example of a metaphor directly from the chapter entitled Boys and Girls.
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What two things are being compared? __________________________________________________________________
What is the meaning of the metaphor? __________________________________________________________________
What effect does it have on the passage as a whole? _______________________________________________________
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11.
Give an example of a simile directly from Gil’s Furniture Bought and Sold. ________________________________
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What two things are being compared? __________________________________________________________________
What is the meaning of the metaphor? __________________________________________________________________
What effect does it have on the passage as a whole? _______________________________________________________
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12.
Give an example of a sensory image from Hairs. ____________________________________________________
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What sense(s) does it appeal to? _______________________________________________________________________
How does it affect the passage? ________________________________________________________________________
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