The Night Before Christmas

The son of Chicano migrant farmworkers, Tomás Rivera was born in _____ ______, _________ in 1935. Which City and State?

• Crystal City, Florida

• Crystal City, Texas

• Jacksonville, FL

• Jacksonville, TX

the technique of putting two or more elements side by side to invite comparison or contrast.

• Parallel parking

• Perpendicular

• Juxtaposition

• Lateral movement

Why does Doña María promise her children that they will receive gifts on the Day of the Reyes Magos?

• The mother does not celebrate Christmas. She celebrates Hannukah.

• Because they already receive gifts during Thanksgiving.

• Santa Clause never brings her anything anyway.

• Their family can’t afford toys for Christmas. She promises the children will receive presents on January sixth, hoping that they will forget.

The term _____ ___ refers to the type of narration used by whoever is telling the story (as in first-, second-, or third-person narration).

• point of view

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person POV

A literary element is a “building block” that develops a work of literature. True or False

• True

• False

• Both

devoting full strength and concentrated attention to something

• Dedication

• Overly Concentrated

• Diluted

• Determined

He was the first Mexican American _________ in the University of California system at UC Riverside.

• chancellor

• counselor

• council

• cameraman

“a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.”

• point of view

• outlook

• perspective

• envision

What is Doña María fearful of as she walks downtown?

• be bitten by a cat or grabbed by security. She is also afraid of planes and helicopters

• be bitten by a snake or grabbed by a cop. She is also afraid of boats and yachts

• be bitten by a dog or grabbed by someone. She is also afraid of cars and trains

• all of the above

The character, or voice, telling a story is known as the ________.

• antagonist

• protagonist

• secondary character

• narrator