The following is an example of which figurative language device?
What Dots of sun danced on the green walls of the shady grove above low bushes weighted with pigeon peas, the earth screened with twigs, sensitive morivivi plants, and french weed studded with tiny blue flowers. Mami hummed softly, the yellow and orange flowers on her dress blending into the greenness: a miraculous garden with legs and arms and a melody.
Question 1 options:
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Imagery
Simile
Question 2 (1 point)
What is the effect of Santiago's use of Spanish?
Question 2 options:
It makes the reader look up words in Spanish.
It adds imagery to her writing just as she uses sensory words. It paints the overall picture of Puerto Rico.
It allows for bilingual readers to understand her story.
It demonstrates to the reader how proud she is of her heritage.
Question 3 (1 point)
Which inference is correct about this passage?
The dirt was orange, striped in places where crumbs had
slipped through the cracks when Mami swept. Papi had left a
few boards down the center of the room and around his and
Mami’s bed, to stand on until the ground was swept and
flattened. Mami was afraid to come into the house. There
were small holes in the dirt, holes where snakes and
scorpions hid. She turned swiftly and threw herself off
balance so that she skipped toward the kitchen shed.
Question 3 options:
Mami is high and mighty.
Mami is scared of termites.
Mami is upset she has to live with a dirt floor.
Mami is afraid of snakes and scorpions.
Question 4 (1 point)
What inference can be made from this following passage?
We came to Macun when I was four, to a rectangle of ripped metal sheets on stilts hovering in the middle of a circle of red dirt. Our home was a giant version of the lard cans used to haul water from the public fountain. Its windows and doors were also metal, and, as we stepped in, I touched the wall and burned my fingers.
Question 4 options:
They are a poor family who can not afford to move to a fancy house.
They want to live in a warm house.
Their house is on a beach.
All of the above.
Question 5 (1 point)
The follow passage supports what image?
The day Papi tore up the floor, I followed him holding a can into which he dropped the straight nails, still usable. My fingers itched with a rust-colored powder, and when I licked them, a dry metallic taste curled the tip of my tongue.
Question 5 options:
Negi is a curious young girl.
The house is old and the family is poor.
Papi is old and has worked hard.
Mami wants a new floor.