Warm-Up: Read the quote and answer the two questions:
“Abuelito under a bald light bulb, under a ceiling dusty with flies, puffs his cigar and counts money soft and wrinkled as old Kleenex.
--Sandra Cisneros, “Tepeyac,” Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
How can a ceiling be dusty with flies? Are the flies plentiful or sparse? Active or still? Clustered of evenly distributed?
What does Cisneros mean by a bald light bulb? What kind of room does Abuelito have? What does this tell you about Abuelito?
Assignment:
- Write a paragraph in which you analyze Mary Rowlandson’s diction to explain what type of person she is.
- Decide what type of person Rowlandson is
- Find the words/phrases that made you think that
- Write Paragraph
Use the following mentor text and writing example to help guide your writing:
Urrea's diction highlights his compassion toward the youth searching for purpose
