Summer of the Mariposas Chapter 1

Read the following sentence:

"His thick tresses floated loosely around his head like the black tentacles of a sea monster."

What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

Whose perspective is this story told from?

What is the definition of chastised?

• scolded

• cried

• lifted

• ran away

Read the following sentence:

"I was sure the rumors were grossly exaggerated, but we had no way to know one way or the other."

What type of a sentence is this?

• complex sentence

• run-on sentence

• compound sentence

• sentence fragment

Reorder the sisters from youngest to oldest

• Pita

• Juanita

• Velia & Delia

• Odilia