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The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of the chronological order of events being manipulated.
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Students who have read a section of a text and do not understand it should ask themselves when comprehension was lost.
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This diagram is best used for helping a reader monitor comprehension of a text.
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The excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban that best exemplifies magic realism is: There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins.
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The complex narrative structure that is underutilized by Cristina Garcia in Dreaming in Cuban is the representation of several narrators.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
That’s it. My mind’s made up. I’m going back to Cuba. I’m fed up with everything around here. I take all my money out of the bank, $120, money I earned slaving away at my mother’s bakery, and buy a one-way bus ticket to Miami. I figure if I can just get there, I’ll be able to make my way to Cuba, maybe rent a boat or get a fisherman to take me. I imagine Abuela [grandmother] Celia’s surprise as I sneak up behind her. She’ll be sitting in her wicker swing overlooking the sea and she’ll smell of salt and violet water. There’ll be gulls and crabs along the shore. She’ll stroke my cheek with her cool hands, sing quietly in my ear.
The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of
establishing a work of fiction that is based on nonfiction.
several narrators being used.
unconventional text features.
the chronological order of events being manipulated.
Students who have read a section of a text and do not understand it should
keep reading until the end of the story, when things will become clear.
ask themselves when comprehension was lost.
begin to copy any remaining text into their notes.
push themselves to read faster in order to finish early and review.
Look at the diagram.
The center of a flowchart says "Does this make sense?" If you follow "Yes," it reads "Read a text passage." This takes you back to "Does it make sense." If you follow "No," it takes you to "When did I lose track?" This takes you to "Use an appropriate strategy." This takes you back to "Does it make sense?"
This diagram is best used for helping a reader
relate personally to a text.
define hard vocabulary words in a text.
monitor comprehension of a text.
better understand the theme of a text.
Which excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban best exemplifies magic realism?
Her name is Minnie French but she’s weirdly old-looking for a young person. Maybe it’s her name or the three shopping bags of food she has under her seat.
I stared at them, tried to make them go away. I remember thinking, Okay, I’ll start with their hair, make it fall out strand by strand. They always left wearing kerchiefs to cover their bald patches.
There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins.
Our house is on a cement plot near the East River. At night, especially in the summer when the sound carries, I hear the low whistles of the ships as they leave New York harbor.
Which complex narrative structure is underutilized by Cristina Garcia in Dreaming in Cuban?
the attention given to presenting the work as fiction
the use of unconventional textual features
the representation of several narrators
the manipulation of the chronological order of events
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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.
Which best describes an element of magic realism used by Garcia in this excerpt?
She shows the close relationship that Pilar had with her father.
She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.
She is a modern writer developing a story about Spanish history.
She characterizes Columbus’s discovery as an extraordinary event.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
If it were up to me, I’d record other things. Like the time there was a freak hailstorm in the Congo and the women took it as a sign that they should rule . . . Why don’t I know anything about them? Who chooses what we should know or what’s important? I know I have to decide these things for myself. Most of what I’ve learned that’s important I’ve learned on my own, or from my grandmother.
What does the excerpt reveal about Cristina Garcia?
Her background in journalism has made the writing of realistic fiction more difficult for her.
Her background in journalism has helped her research and use realistic details in her fiction.
Her background in journalism has prevented her from using magic realism in her fiction.
Her background in journalism has caused her to become an efficient and thorough editor.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
Lourdes considers herself lucky. Immigration has redefined her, and she is grateful. Unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention. Lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings. Its layers protect her. She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her.
Which sentence is an example of magic realism?
Unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention.
Lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings.
Its layers protect her.
She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
I don’t really want to talk about my father but I end up telling Minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. Dad’s family owned casinos in Cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. He took me on an overnight inspection once. We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.
How does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage?
It includes historical information about the Spaniards and Indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.
It describes the setting of the ranch owned by Pilar’s Cuban grandparents to explain family values.
It uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in Cuba.
It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between Pilar and her father.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
I was only two years old when I left Cuba but I remember everything that’s happened to me since I was a baby, even word-for-word conversations. I was sitting in my grandmother’s lap, playing with her drop pearl earrings, when my mother told her we were leaving the country. Abuela Celia called her a traitor to the revolution. Mom tried to pull me away but I clung to the Abuela and screamed at the top of my lungs. My grandfather came running and said, “Celia, let the girl go. She belongs with Lourdes.” This was the last time I saw her.
How does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage?
It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the difficult relationship between Lourdes and Celia.
It provides characterization for Celia as it reveals her physical appearance.
It introduces several of the narrators who will share their points of view.
It includes dialogue to indicate that the characters in the nonfiction account are real people.
My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.
Which best describes an element of magic realism used by Garcia in this excerpt?
She shows the close relationship that Pilar had with her father.
She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.
She is a modern writer developing a story about Spanish history.
She characterizes Columbus’s discovery as an extraordinary event.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
If it were up to me, I’d record other things. Like the time there was a freak hailstorm in the Congo and the women took it as a sign that they should rule . . . Why don’t I know anything about them? Who chooses what we should know or what’s important? I know I have to decide these things for myself. Most of what I’ve learned that’s important I’ve learned on my own, or from my grandmother.
What does the excerpt reveal about Cristina Garcia?
Her background in journalism has made the writing of realistic fiction more difficult for her.
Her background in journalism has helped her research and use realistic details in her fiction.
Her background in journalism has prevented her from using magic realism in her fiction.
Her background in journalism has caused her to become an efficient and thorough editor.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
Lourdes considers herself lucky. Immigration has redefined her, and she is grateful. Unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention. Lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings. Its layers protect her. She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her.
Which sentence is an example of magic realism?
Unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention.
Lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings.
Its layers protect her.
She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
I don’t really want to talk about my father but I end up telling Minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. Dad’s family owned casinos in Cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. He took me on an overnight inspection once. We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. My father knew I understood more than I could say. He told me stories about Cuba after Columbus came. He said that the Spaniards wiped out more Indians with smallpox than with muskets.
How does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage?
It includes historical information about the Spaniards and Indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.
It describes the setting of the ranch owned by Pilar’s Cuban grandparents to explain family values.
It uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in Cuba.
It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between Pilar and her father.
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.
I was only two years old when I left Cuba but I remember everything that’s happened to me since I was a baby, even word-for-word conversations. I was sitting in my grandmother’s lap, playing with her drop pearl earrings, when my mother told her we were leaving the country. Abuela Celia called her a traitor to the revolution. Mom tried to pull me away but I clung to the Abuela and screamed at the top of my lungs. My grandfather came running and said, “Celia, let the girl go. She belongs with Lourdes.” This was the last time I saw her.
How does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage?
It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the difficult relationship between Lourdes and Celia.
It provides characterization for Celia as it reveals her physical appearance.
It introduces several of the narrators who will share their points of view.
It includes dialogue to indicate that the characters in the nonfiction account are real people.
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The best description of an element of magic realism used by Garcia in the excerpt is: She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.
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The excerpt reveals about Cristina Garcia that: Her background in journalism has helped her research and use realistic details in her fiction.
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The sentence that is an example of magic realism is: She wants no part of Cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of Cuba at all, which Lourdes claims never possessed her.
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The structure of the excerpt adds meaning to the passage by: It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between Pilar and her father.
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The structure of the excerpt adds meaning to the passage by: It manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the difficult relationship between Lourdes and Celia.
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