"Celia Song" by Jasmine Mendez Quiz (pages 251-254)

"Bright red flame trees exploded in the sky, and pink and purple bougainvillea dressed the streets in layers of color." What literary device is being used in this sentence?

• Repetition

• Personification

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"...El Lago de las Damas, where the water sparkled like diamonds and hummed with a song because that was where hundreds of sirenas lived." What two literary devices are in this sentence?

• metaphor and simile

• simile and irony

• simile and personification

• alliteration and metaphor

What is "La Ciguapa"?

• a sea monster

• a fox girl

• forest monster

• a crying spirit

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does "La Ciguapa" live?

• El Lago de las Damas

• El Lago de Azufre

• La Nevera

• Los Zaramagullones

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is the youngest of the Sirenas?

• Gloria

• Cardi

• Amara

• Ivy

"When Celia let out her first cry, it smelled like and sounded like azucar, if sugar had a sound." What is being compared in this example of simile? What does it mean?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"When she was sad or angry or elated, her heart warmed and glowed with the power to move the water and shake the earth." Give an example of how Celia is overwhelmed by her feeling.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

How does her father, El Rey, protect Celia and others from the power of her heart?

Why does Celia start to search for the key that locks her heart?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are two similarities between Celia and the Little Mermaid?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7