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The Color of My Words
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Chapters 1-3
Reading Check
1. Why is wash day the best day of the week?
2. How does Ana Rosa describe Mami’s words?
3. What does Ana Rosa want “more than anything”?
4. Why does the family give Guario money?
5. What is one way that Guario thinks Ana Rosa should prepare for her future?
6. Fill in the blanks of the following quote in Chapter 3: “When Dominicans get together and decide to make a ____, watch out[.]”
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Review the poem that Ana Rosa writes at the beginning of Chapter 1. What is the rhyming pattern? What does the poem describe?
2. Review Ana’s poem at the beginning of Chapter 2. What is the title? What is the main concern of the poem? Identify the literary term that Ana Rosa predominantly uses in this poem.
3. Describe what Ana Rosa cannot resist in Chapter 2. What are the consequences of her actions?
4. Analyze the rhyming pattern of the poem at the beginning of Chapter 3. According to the poem, where is the writer’s favorite location?
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