"Latin Deli: Ars Poetica" by Cofer Ortiz

This picture represents what word?

• author

• exile

• nostalgia

• disillusion

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.

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).

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).

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

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

"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

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

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