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The secret Language by Daisy Zamora

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  • The place in the US where the grandma lived
    New Orleans
  • 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
  • True or False? The author admired her grandmother
    True
  • Which English expanded and deepened, invading her "thoughts and appearing in my dreams"?
    English Literature
  • Which English lacked charm, and sounded "like the thrill of a bird"?
    The English spoken by grandma and her sisters
  • What languages did grandma speak in the US?
    English and French
  • 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
  • What literary device is she using here? "A variety of pine and spruce trees, criscrossed by narrow paths dotted with wildflowers"
    Visual image
  • Where did the author go during one summer holiday?
    to Middletown, Connecticut, USA
  • Which English was dramatic, direct, straightforward, in which "a word was an act"?
    The English from cartoons on TV
  • When she was 14, grandma moved to....
    Nicaragua
  • 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
  • Which English was the one from her cousins' games?
    Cowboy movies