The Garden of Happiness

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What genre is The Garden of Happiness?

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Realistic fiction is a genre where the events can happen in real life.

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What characteristic makes this story realistic fiction?

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The events can happen in real life.

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Why did Mr. Ortiz like to sit on a rocking chair near his plot?

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He liked to breathe the fresh air and sit among his habichuelas.

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What does the word 'inhaled' mean?

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Inhaled means breathed in.

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What made Marisol happy again after her flower died?

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The teenagers painted a mural of sunflowers on the wall.

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What is a plot in a story?

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The plot is the sequence of events that make up the story.

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What is a character in a story?

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A character is a person, animal, or figure in a story.

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What is the setting of a story?

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The setting is where and when the story takes place.

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What is a theme in literature?

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The theme is the main idea or message of the story.

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What does it mean to 'breathe fresh air'?

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To breathe fresh air means to take in clean, fresh oxygen from the environment.