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True or False? The author admired her grandmother
True
The place in the US where the grandma lived
New Orleans
When she was 14, grandma moved to....
Nicaragua
What languages did grandma speak in the US?
English and French
Characterize the author's family in Nicaragua
grandparents, great-aunts, great-uncles, cousins, a "family universe in perpetual expansion"
When she says it was "strange music, an exotic melody coming from faraway fantastic places". What is she talking about? What literary devices can you see there?
The English spoken by her grandma - metaphor
Which English lacked charm, and sounded "like shoes crunching the gravel of the schoolyars during recess"? What literary device can you see?
The English taught at school - Simile
Which English lacked charm, and sounded "like the thrill of a bird"?
The English spoken by grandma and her sisters
Which English was dramatic, direct, straightforward, in which "a word was an act"?
The English from cartoons on TV
Which English was the one from her cousins' games?
Cowboy movies
Which English expanded and deepened, invading her "thoughts and appearing in my dreams"?
English Literature
Where did the author go during one summer holiday?
to Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Describe her uncle and aunt's house in the US, mention 3 characteristics
a manor, garden, an orchard, a stable, a pond, a wood
Which big city did she visit while she was in the US?
New York
What literary device is she using here? "A variety of pine and spruce trees, criscrossed by narrow paths dotted with wildflowers"
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