Summer of the Mariposas - The Departure Review

What is magical realism?

• a genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events

• any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination

• a style of literary fiction that paints a realistic view of the world while also adding magical elements, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality

• a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts

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What is a symbol?

• a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings

• an important and repeating idea or theme

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

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What is a motif?

• a repeated pattern—an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story

• the underlying meaning in a story

• people or animals in a story

• time and place in which a story happens

What is characterization?

• the author's attitude toward a certain topic

• a writer's tool that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person

• a conversation between characters

• the emotions a text evokes from the reader

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In Summer of the Mariposas, which magical realism element appears in The Departure?

• La Llorona

• chupacabra

• wizard

• witch

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What is the motto of the "cinco hermanitas" an example of in the story?

• metaphor

• magical realism element

• symbol

• motif

What is a theme?

• a short piece of writing on a particular topic

• the main idea, message or moral a story conveys to its readers

• a category that a story fits into

• a recurring topic in a story

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What is the talisman that La Llorona gives Odilia?

• a ring

• a cell phone

• an earring

• a necklace

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What is a story template that involves a hero who goes on an adventure, learns a lesson, wins a victory with that newfound knowledge, and then returns home transformed that Summer of the Mariposas follows?

• The Hero's Journey

• The Quest

• The Journey

• The Departure

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In this story, the mariposas are a symbol for what?

• bravery

• insect

• ill will

• transformation

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