After reading “A Smart Cookie,” what is the most likely reason a reader might conclude that Esperanza will listen to her mother and study hard?
Which is an example of direct characterization?
When an author reveals what a character says, that is an example of
Read the passage from “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.In those days you could teach in a country school with a high school diploma. So I went back to my mountain village and got a job teaching all grades in a little classroom built by the parents of my students. I had books sent to me by the government. I felt like a rich man although the pay was very small.
Read the passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and from “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn’t have any nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains. Yup, she said disgusted, stirring again. I was a smart cookie then.Abuelo then puts the notebook down on his lap and closes his eyes. “Así es la vida [that’s the way life is] is the title of my book,” he says in a whisper, almost to himself.
Which pronoun indicates first-person point of view?
Read this passage from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros.She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a TV. But she doesn’t know which subway train to take to get downtown.
Whose perspective is most important to analyzing “An Hour with Abuelo”?
Which line from “A Smart Cookie” most helps the reader understand that Esperanza’s mother still has some pride in her own personal abilities?
To contrast the characters’ choices in “A Smart Cookie” and “An Hour with Abuelo,” the most important thing to analyze is
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