"Latin Deli: Ars Poetica" by Cofer Ortiz

This picture represents what word?

• author

• exile

• nostalgia

• disillusion

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Cofer writes, "The stale candy of everyone's childhood," she makes it clear that ______

• the author is Judith Cofer Ortiz.

• the lady's deli products make customers remember when they were young and living in other countries.

• the lady deli owner sells expensive products.

• the customers are happy all of the time.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The quote, "Her look of maternal interest" expresses the idea that _____.

• the immigrants who go to the store trust and feel cared for by the deli owner (line 22).

• the deli owner has many children.

• (line 22).

• life in a new world is difficult for immigrants (line 22).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which line of the text reveals that the deli owners clients came to America for better opportunities, ways to own more money for a living?

• "but it would not satisfy the hunger of the fragile old man" (lines 33-34).

• "when they walk down the narrow aisles of her store" (line 26).

• "all wanting the comfort of spoken Spanish" (line 18).

• "talking lyrically of dolares to be made in El Norte" (lines 15-16).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which are examples of figurative language or literary devices that the author uses to make the characters and the central/main idea understood"

• characterization, central idea, author, title, external conflict, internal conflict, quotes

• characterization, central idea, author, title

• characterization, external conflict, metaphor, simile

• title, characterization, metaphor, author, simile

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The quote, "who spends her days selling canned memories while listening to Puerto Ricans complain" represents these examples of figurative language ______.

• metaphor and simile

• characterization and external conflict

• characterization and sensory imagery of sound

• sensory imagery of smell, sight and sound

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The fragile old man...who brings her lists of items" is important because it makes it clear that

• has older and younger customers

• the deli owner is hard-working

• the deli owner does a lot for her customers' well-being: old and young

• takes care of her customers emotionally

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence IS NOT a central idea:

• the customers' lives are challenging from day to day, but delis give joys to appreciate

• sometimes, delis owners are caring and thoughtful of their customers

  *thoughtful= to think of others and their needs

• the deli owner is caring and thoughtful of her customers

  *thoughtful= to think of others and their needs

• sometimes, what comforts people is people and places

When Cofer writes, "Patroness of Exiles," she uses the figurative language of ____.

• a simile

• internal conflict

• repetition

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When Cofer writes, "Patroness of Exiles," she uses the figurative language to make it clear that _____

• the deli owner is a like an important person in her neighborhood

• the deli owner is like an important person in her neighborhood because she supports people who had to leave their countries

• the deli person is an important person in her neighborhood because she has children

• the deli person is an important person in her neighborhood because she is a Spanish-speaking American

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3