"How to Eat a Guava" formative test

First person

First and Second person

Limited

Third person

It's objective

It's a true story

It contains narrative elements like plot or literary devices

It's subjective, told with emotion

An immigrant from Columbia

A child

A grocery store manager

An adult

Motherhood is changing in Puerto Rico

Adults, unlike children, have forgotten the joy and excitement of eating the first guavas of the season.

The narrator’s mother believes it’s important for children to take their vitamins despite how many fruits and vegetables they consume.

The narrator’s mother will always be a child at heart.

This guava was much larger than the green ones.

She was not very hungry

Ripe guavas are meant to be savored

She wanted to prolong the experience as a way of holding on to Puerto Rico

Green guavas are sour and represent her unhappy childhood.

The apples and pears of New York tend to be more bitter than others.

The apples and pears represented her life in New York, about which she has mixed emotions.

The fruit tastes the same every time and has very few seeds.

“You grimace, your eyes water, and your cheeks disappear as your lips purse into a tight O.”

“I push my cart away toward the apples and pears of my adulthood....”

“I had my last guava the day we left Puerto Rico.”

“But this is autumn and I’m no longer a child.”

“the inside of your mouth explodes in little spurts of sour.”

“its heart is pink and almost solid with seeds”

“I could feel the texture against my tongue, the tiny pink pellets of sweet.”“

“I pick one the size of a tennis ball”.

“A ripe guava is yellow, although some varieties have a pink center”

“A green guava is sour and hard. You bite into it at its widest point.”

“It smells faintly of late summer afternoons and hopscotch under the mango tree.”

“When you bite into a ripe guava, your teeth must grip the bumpy surface and sink into the thick edible skin without hitting the center.”

Education is the key to freedom

Always hold on to your childhood, never let go, no matter what.

Change may be painful at times, but it’s necessary to grow.

Hard work guarantees success

“A ship that doesn’t sail, never reaches port.”

“All the way to the airport I scratched at it with my teeth...”

“The guava joined its sisters under the harsh fluorescent light of the exotic fruit display”

“As children, we didn’t always wait for the fruit to ripen.”

the central idea or insight about life or human behavior

literary element that involves a struggle between at least two opposing forces

time, place and circumstance in which a narrative or drama takes place

The emotional state of the reader

the emotional state of the reader as they read a story

the central idea or insight about life or human behavior

time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative or drama takes place

literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative or drama takes place

the emotional state of the reader

the central idea or insight about life or human behavior

literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

the central idea or insight about life or human behavior

literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative or drama takes place

the emotional state of the reader

Esmeralda Santiago uses fruit to symbolize her experiences of moving to a new place and growing up.

Esmeralda Santiago misses her childhood in Puerto Rico, but she must learn to accept that she has grown up and moved to a new place.

Esmeralda Santiago explains that the ripest and most delicious guavas can be found after a heavy rain.

Esmeralda Santiago tells a story about visiting a grocery store in New York, where the guavas on display remind her of her childhood in Puerto Rico.

fixed into a surrounding mass

attractive or tempting; alluring

to form your lips into a tight circle or line

an attack -an assault

The playful and lighthearted way that the children picked and ate the guavas

The eager and frantic way that the children picked and ate the guavas

the calm and orderly way that the children picked and ate the guavas.

the angry and aggressive way that the children picked and ate the guavas

an attack-an assault

to form your lips into a tight circle or line

fixed into a surrounding mass

attractive or tempting; alluring

to form your lips into a tight circle or line

an attack-an assault

fixed into a surrounding mass

attractive or tempting; alluring