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"Volar: To Fly" By Judith Ortiz Cofer
"Volar: To Fly" By Judith Ortiz Cofer
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1
Why can't the family visit Puerto Rico?
The beach is closed.
Her father is scared to fly.
The trip costs too much.
She has to stay in school.
2
Informational Text Structure...
Helps us understand and organize ideas.
Helps make the tone of the text obvious.
Is completely up to the author.
Comes in handy with confusing ideas.
3
What is the preposition in the sentence: The basket was filled with chocolate.
with
was
filled
The
4
Choose the correct MLA citation.
"Wow" (Miller p. 33)
"Wow (Miller 33).
"Wow" (Miller, 33).
"Wow" (Miller 33).
5
What TV show's characters are celebrating Christmas?
The Cleveland Show
Dr. Seuss
Family Guy
The Simpsons
6
Why does the author want to fly?
To make herself stronger.
To fight crime.
To tease the landlord.
To see into the private lives of others.
7
What is the setting of the story?
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Large American City.
Mexico.
8
What is the text structure?
Problem/Solution
Description
Cause/Effect
Compare/Contrast
9
How would you describe something that has been
interrupted
?
Remarked
Disturbed
Sad
Soothed
10
Choose the correct MLA citation.
(Jones)
(Jones 21).
(jones 21).
Jones, 21.
11
What text structure is used in this text?
problem and solution
cause and effect
compare and contrast
chronological
12
Where would you put
refuse
?
In the garbage can.
In your food.
In your hair.
In the floor of Mrs. Hudson's classroom.
13
What is the text structure?
Description
Compare/Contrast
Sequence
Cause/Effect
14
Which text structure?
Cause-effect
Comparison
15
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the text?
Anyone can be a superhero.
Mothers and daughters have the same dreams.
You shouldn't think about the past.
The author wants to fly away from her reality.
16
Choose the correct MLA Citation...
(Title #).
(Author #)
(# Author).
(Author #).
17
What is this Disney Channel TV show?
Phineas and Ferb
Gravity Falls
Fish Hooks
Pickle and Peanut
18
What does the mother want to do?
Become a clown
Leave her husband.
Sleep in.
Visit her family.
19
Why does the daughter wait in bed in the morning until the mother comes to wake her up?
She doesn't want to interrupt the parents' conversation.
Her mother has too many rules.
Her mother likes to wake her up.
She thinks about her dreams.
20
What text structure is used in this text?
chronological
compare and contrast
problem and solution
cause and effect
21
What is an
obsession
?
A fixation on an interest.
A hatred of sports.
A vocabulary word.
A happy coincidence.
22
What habit does the author have?
She spies on her parents.
She stays in bed awake.
She reads comic books.
She goes to the zoo.
23
Correct MLA citation
(Santa 1)
(Santa 3).
(Santa, 2)
(Santa pg. 4).
24
Correct MLA Citation....
"Come here, Charles!" (Browne 3).
"Come here, Charles"! (Browne 3).
"Come here, Charles!" (Browne p3).
"Come here, Charles"! (Browne 3.)
25
Which of these has a prepositional phrase?
Puerto Rico is beautiful.
The author likes writing.
The father was always working.
The author has a stack of comic books in her closet.
26
When does
adolescence
happen?
When you die.
When you are born.
When you are a senior citizen.
When you are a teenager.
27
How does the author feel about her "princess" furniture?
It gets dirty easily.
It makes her have bad dreams.
It doesn't belong in her room.
It is beautiful.
28
What conclusion can you draw about a person who dreams of flying?
She likes the nighttime.
She wants to escape.
She is happy with her life.
She is far from home.
29
Choose the correct MLA citation.
{Chang, 24}
(Chang 24).
{Chang 24.}
(Chang, 24).
30
Why do you think the title is both in Spanish and in English?
Because she is a Spanish teacher.
To make her mother happy.
To show off.
Because she is both Puerto Rican and American.
31
What TV show's characters are celebrating Christmas?
The Simpsons
South Park
Spongebob
Family Guy
32
How would you describe the atmosphere in the kitchen where the parents talk?
Full of longing
Angry
Happy
Tense
33
Which is a description of a
dismal
apartment?
It is too bright.
It is pink.
It is perfect.
It is gloomy.
