Esperanza Rising Chapter 1-4

A good title for Chapter 1 could be ---

• The Caterpillar

• The Harvest

• Understanding the Heart Beat

• Teaching Esperanza to Love the Land

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

What can be inferred from Papa wanting Esperanza to lie on the ground?

• Papa wants to hear his heart beat

• Papa is determining if the fruit is ripe.

• Papa likes the feel of the earth

• Papa wants Esperanza to love the land the same way he does

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

The setting is important to the story because --

• Papa shares his love for the land with his daughter

• The harvest is soon.

• Papa and Esperanza can walk in the vineyard.

• The earth is talking.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

And then she felt it. Softly at first. A gentle thumping. Then stronger. A resounding thud, thud, thud against her body. She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp. Which words represent onomatopia?

• softly at first

• stronger

• thud, thud, thud

• shoomp, shoomp, shoomp

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word best describes Papa's relationship with his daughter in Chapter 1?

• playful

• amused

• teaching

• serious

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which genre is Esperanza Rising?

• drama

• historical fiction

• adventure

• western

"It gives us the grapes and then they welcome us." He gently touched a wild tendril that reached into the row, as if it had been waiting to shake his hand. Which type of figurative language does this line contain?

• personification

• metaphor

• repetition

• similie

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Based on the events of the story, which most likely happened?

• Papa took a fall and was injured while working

• Bandits who were angry at the large landowners killed Papa

• Tio Luis and Tio Marco hurt Papa

• Papa was hurt, but he will be fine

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed and now everyone anticipated the celebration. What type of figurative language is used?

• alliteration

• personification

• similie

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Big pearls of blood pulsed from the tip of her thumb and she automatically thought "bad luck". This is an example of which literary device?

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4