Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.You never knew when a compadre or comadre of your aunt, or your uncle, or your father, or your mother was watching. For that matter, even people who were not compadres to your family thought they had some sort of rights over you. If you did or said something slightly irregular at the farthest end of the street from your cottage, where your legitimate bosses lived, somebody would be watching and ready to call out: "Mira, que muchachito tan malcriado." And if the offense was considered serious, the voice would say, "You will see, I am going to tell your mother.”What does the author mean by "legitimate bosses"?
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.José bought us two cardboard suitcases and one for himself, and an alarm clock like the one we used to try to win in the lottery tent in Mazatlan.Which word has a connotative meaning in the sentence?
Read the sentence."His photography teacher at school had loaned him the camera to use over the summer, telling Anthony he had a good eye and an admirable passion for the craft.”Which part of the sentence uses figurative language?
Read the sentences from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.Suspecting something, he added: "When you are finished, don't forget to pull the chain. See. That's what the sign says." And, to be sure, there was a paper with writing tacked to the wall, next to an aluminum up-and-down pipe.The hotel clerk most likely suspects that Ernesto and his mother
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could.The author uses figurative language to
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.José then explained a remarkable thing about our money. Which sentence supports a negative connotation for the word remarkable?
Which sentence uses the denotation of the word heart?
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.When my water party was interrupted, both the bathroom and I got a scrubbing.Who most likely interrupted Ernesto's water party?
Based on the events in Barrio Boy what is the best inference about Ernesto's mother?
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.People talked to one another on the street in low tones; only drunks and muchachitos mal educados raised their voices, or the arrieros when they shouted to their donkeys.Which words best signal that "muchachitos mal educados" has a negative connotation?
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