Growing Up

The falling action in Growing by Gary Soto is when

• The news reports about a family involved in a car accident and Maria is consumed with worry and guilt; not even a trip to the mall with her friend Becky can distract her from these thoughts. Over the next few days, Maria continues to worry about the well-being of her family.

• The news reports about a family involved in a car accident and Maria is consumed with worry and guilt; not even a trip to the mall with her friend Becky can distract her from these thoughts. Over the next few days, Maria continues to worry about the well-being of her family.

• Maria calms down. The news reports about a family involved in a car accident and Maria is consumed with worry and guilt; not even a trip to the mall with her friend Becky can distract her from these thoughts. Over the next few days, Maria continues to worry about the well-being of her family.

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

The author's purpose in writing "Growing Up" is to show how

• it can be difficult and confusing to be a teenager. Maria struggles with many clashing and confusing emotions. For example, she gets very angry with her father and decides she is too old for family vacations. However, when her family leaves, the narrator says: "a bad feeling stirred within her. She felt terrible for arguing with her father" (Paragraph 29).

• Maria worries about her family for the rest of their trip and imagines terrible things happening to them, like "her family's Malibu station wagon overturned" (Paragraph 44). But upon their safe return, "Maria looked at the ground, annoyed. How dare they have so much fun?" (Paragraph 66).

• This roller coaster of emotions that the narrator describes Maria experiencing is a significant and difficult part of growing up. In summary, Maria's changing emotions and attitude towards her family is important to the theme of the story, as it conveys the confusion that comes with being a teenager and growing up.

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which is an example of a Text Evidence?

• In the text it says, “But an ill feeling stirred inside her. She felt awful about arguing with her father” (Soto 4).

• In conclusion, the main conflict of “Growing Up” by Gary Soto occurs when Maria feels guilty for arguing with her father and staying home from vacation.

• The main conflict of the short story, “Growing Up” by Gary Soto, is when Maria is having an internal struggle where she is dealing with her own emotions.

• This text evidence proves that the main conflict of the story is man vs. self because she is constantly feeling guilty, the ill feeling, about staying home from the vacation with her family. Maria’s emotions change to anger when her family comes home.

What is wrong with this Topic Sentence?

• There is no Title and Author.

• It's the wrong color.

• The Title and Author are not capitalized.

• The text type is missing.

Which is an example of a topic sentence?

• In the text it says, “But an ill feeling stirred inside her. She felt awful about arguing with her father” (Soto 4).

• In conclusion, the main conflict of “Growing Up” by Gary Soto occurs when Maria feels guilty for arguing with her father and staying home from vacation.

• The main conflict of the short story, “Growing Up” by Gary Soto, is when Maria is having an internal struggle where she is dealing with her own emotions.

• This text evidence proves that the main conflict of the story is man vs. self because she is constantly feeling guilty, the ill feeling, about staying home from the vacation with her family. Maria’s emotions change to anger when her family comes home.

Which is an example of Elaboration?

• In the text it says, “But an ill feeling stirred inside her. She felt awful about arguing with her father” (Soto 4).

• In conclusion, the main conflict of “Growing Up” by Gary Soto occurs when Maria feels guilty for arguing with her father and staying home from vacation.

• The main conflict of the short story, “Growing Up” by Gary Soto, is when Maria is having an internal struggle where she is dealing with her own emotions.

• This text evidence proves that the main conflict of the story is man vs. self because she is constantly feeling guilty, the ill feeling, about staying home from the vacation with her family. Maria’s emotions change to anger when her family comes home.

Which is an example of a Closing Sentence?

• In the text it says, “But an ill feeling stirred inside her. She felt awful about arguing with her father” (Soto 4).

• In conclusion, the main conflict of “Growing Up” by Gary Soto occurs when Maria feels guilty for arguing with her father and staying home from vacation.

• The main conflict of the short story, “Growing Up” by Gary Soto, is when Maria is having an internal struggle where she is dealing with her own emotions.

• This text evidence proves that the main conflict of the story is man vs. self because she is constantly feeling guilty, the ill feeling, about staying home from the vacation with her family. Maria’s emotions change to anger when her family comes home.

What is wrong with the conclusion?

• It doesn't state restate the topic sentence.

• The transitional phrase is missing.

• The Title and Author are not capitalized.

• It's the wrong color.

What is a theme for most of Soto's works?

• He had too many themes for his works to list.

• The theme of "Growing Up" is a major theme for most of his works.

• The theme of "Always Obey Your Parents" is a major theme for most of his works.

• The theme of "School is important" is a major theme for most of his works.

What is the main theme of the story 'Growing Up'?

• A) The challenges of adolescence

• B) The importance of family vacations

• C) The joy of childhood

• D) The necessity of education