Midterm: English
Louise cousin
Took everyone for a ride in a stolen car and got arrested
The Book of Ecclesiastes
Written by the wisest man alive
The salamander
Fire and firemen
Diction (word choice)
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Statistics
the collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers
Who is Clarrise and what is she like?
Montags neighbor Open minded, out going, and different
Who's Mildred and what is she like?
Montags wife Brainwashed and dumb
Esperanza's great grandmother
Esperanza looks up to her but does not want to be held down by a man
Aunt Lupe
Esperanza's aunt. In her youth, was a vibrant, beautiful swimmer, but now she is old, blind, and bed-ridden. She listens to Esperanza's poems and encourages her to keep writing,
Alicia
Esperanza's neighbor, who went to college despite many obstacles, including her father
analogy/comparison
A comparison to a directly parallel case.
The family/the walls/the white clown
A distraction
Who's Fabre and what is he like?
A mentor to Montag Wise but scared
definition
A statement that gives the meaning of a term.
A Rice Sandwich
A symbol of the poverty of Esperanza's family
Elenita
A witch woman Esperanza visits to have her fortune told. Elenita reads Tarot cards and tells Esperanza that she will have "a home in the heart."
Marin
A young woman from Puerto Rico who lives with her cousin's family. Marin spends most of her time baby-sitting and so cannot leave the house. She sells makeup for Avon and teaches Esperanza and her friends about the world of boys. Although she has a fiancé back in Puerto Rico, she also dreams about American men taking her away from Mango Street to the suburbs. At the end of the year, her cousins send her back to Puerto Rico.
The green bullet
Before Montag leaves, Faber gives him
The Monkey Garden
Esperanza and Sally go to play and she realizes that Sally wants to hang out with the boys and not her
What adjective best describes Ray Bradbury?
Knowledgable
Who's Montag and what is he like?
Main character that finds the meaning of books. He's curious, lost/confused, and determined
Summarize The Sieve and the Sand
Montag finds out Clarrise died & is very lost, but his wife does not understand why he cares
Summarize Burning Bright
Montag gets interested in learning about books & Beatty starts to catch on to Montag. Montag kills Beatty
The river
Montag leaves his clothes in the river to trick the hound
Mr. and Mrs. Blacks house
Montag plants books there
Faber's house
Montag runs there
The three sisters
Old ladies Esperanza meets that are mysterious and tell her to always return to mango street after she leaves
Summarize The Hearth and the Salamander
Shows Montags lifestyle, he's married & he's a fireman (burns houses w/books). He figures out he does not know what he is doing w/ his life when he meets Clarrise & she opens his eyes
The mechanical hound
Symbol for watchful eye and violent control of the government.
What is the objective of a dystopian fiction? What is "the funhouse mirror effect"?
Taking real world problems & putting then into an extreme to get more attention
Who's Beatty and what is he like?
The fire chief aka Montags boss Manipulative, scary, and a bully
Who is Granger and what is his importance?,
The main professor he helps Montag when he his being chase represents the phoenix talks about starting a new world no more war is what he wants too
Dover Beach
The poem thatMoGuy reads to Mildred and her friends
The Family of Little Feet
a family on mango strret whose mother gives esperanza and her sisters old high-heeled shoes
Personal Anecdote
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
Example
a specific case used to illustrate or represent a group of people, ideas, conditions, experiences, or the like
The flamethrower
a weapon that shoots fire Used to kill Beatty, burn house and people
Logos
an appeal based on logic or reason
The first job
she gets a job at a local photo finishing store, an older man asks esperanza for a kiss
authoritative testimony
statement given by a credible authority or expert
