The Scholarship Jacket - Short Story Flashcards
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What are the 5 elements of a short story?
setting, characters, plot, conflict and theme
TRUE OR FALSE
Authors write for varied reasons. While reflective readers cannot analyze information more thoughtfully when they know the author’s purpose.
False
VOCABULARY
able to move quickly and easily
agile
VOCABULARY
an idiom that means “with great force, energy, violence or power”
“with a vengeance”
VOCABULARY
to feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve
despaired
VOCABULARY
to listen secretly to what someone else is saying
eavesdrop
VOCABULARY
a bean plant that grows in the southwest US and Mexico
Mesquite
On what places does Mesquite grow?
Southwest US and Mexico
An American writer, received a degree in creative writing, University of California at Irvine and has published journals and collections.
Marta Salinas
When Marta Salinas published “The Scholarship Jacket”?
1986
How authors teach their readers about a character?
Through characterization
What are the common ways authors use to teach the readers about a character?
Character’s speech, thoughts, looks, actions and effect on other characters
What is SPEECH?
What characters say and how they say it
What is THOUGHTS?
What a character thinks about
What is EFFECT ON OTHER CHARACTERS?
What other characters think, feel and say about a character
What is ACTIONS?
ACTIONS
What a character does or how a character act
What is LOOKS?
LOOKS
Description of what they look like, wear, etc.
Where most scenes in “The Scholarship Jacket” happened?
small school in Texas
What a scholarship jacket looks like according to the story?
Beautiful with gold and green colors. It has a big gold S on the left front side and a name will be written in gold letters on the pocket.
What was the occupation of Marta’s grandfather?
He runs a business and also owns a two-hundred-acre ranch bean field.
What are the qualifications in getting the scholarship jacket?
Maintain and have the highest grade for 8 consecutive years.
Why did Marta call the scholarship jacket her “only chance”?
Because it is the only free item that is available in her small school and for free education.
What was Mr. Boone and Mr. Schmidt arguing about?
About falsifying the reports of Marta.
During the teachers’ argument, one of the teachers says, “Martha is Mexican.” What could he mean by this?
Inequality between races and Joann is better compared to Marta.
