1. Esperenza Rising
By Pam Munoz Ryan

2. Vocabulary Pages 1-22 Arbors- a shelter of vines or branches
Premonition- a feeling about something that is about to happen
Capricious- compulsive and unpredictable
Propriety- the state of being proper
Scythe- a tool used for cutting
Candelabra- branched candlesticks
Congregate- to flock together in a crowd
Adobe- sun dried clay bricks used for building
Vicious- with evil intentions
Nape- the back part of the neck
Philosophical- relating to philosophy
Tendril- a structure used to support climbing plants
Crochet- needlework consisting of interlocking loops
Dwindled- to become steadily less
Serenade- music that is sung or played complimentary

3. Character Analysis
Esperanza
Mama
Miguel
Hortensia
Marta
Isabel

4. Pages 1-3 Figurative Language Example from the text What it means
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Personification

5. Pages 1-22 Metaphor Foreshadowing- a hint about a future event
“he was a housekeepers son and she was a ranch owner’s daughter and between them, a river ran deep”
Page 14 “There is no rose without a thorn”
Foreshadowing- a hint about a future event
- Esperanza pricking her finger and thinking “Bad luck” serves as foreshadowing for what event?

6. Vocabulary Pages
Renegade- a person who deserts a party or cause for another
Alms- money, food, or donations given to the poor
Caboose- car on a freight train that is attached to the end
Stagnant- not flowing or moving
Sparse- thinly scattered or distributed
Undulating- to move in a wavelike motion
Complextion- natural color of skin
Brooded- to think or worry about

7. Blustery- to be loud and noisy
Monotonous- lacking variety
Spewing- to cast forward or eject in anger
Cherub- a beautiful innocent person

8. Symbols
The roses symbolize Miguel and Esperanza because Papa had planted one for Miguel and one for Esperanza
A trellise is a structure that helps plants grow and rise. Miguel puts a trellise around Esperanza’s rose. What does this foreshadow and symbolize?

9. Irony Irony is an unusual twist of fate.
How is the workers strike ironic?
What lesson can be learned from this?

10. Vocab Words Pages 140-200 Repatriation- to restore or return
Incense- to produce a fragrant odor
Bereft- deprived or robbed of possessions
Riveted- to attract and hold attention
Ritual- a ceremony done in accordance with custom
Frigid- instantly cold or lacking warmth
Cavernous- having caverns or cavities; an empty space
Loamy- a mixture composed of moistened clay
Rutted- to be in or enter in the state of
Animated- having the appearance of something alive

11. Susceptible- capable of being affected
Humanity- the quality or condition of being human
Pruning- to cut off or cut back parts for better shape or growth
Strewn- to spread by scattering
Taut- having no give or slack
Squalor- to live in poverty or hard conditions
Bedraggled- left wet and limp
Twinge- to affect with a sharp pain
Encrusted- to cover or overlay with as with a crust
Regimented- governmental rule

12. A dynamic character is a character that changes throughout the course of a novel.
A static character is a character that remains the same throughout a novel

13. Marta and Esperanza are 2 characters that have very different perspectives. They both come from different backgrounds which help contribute to the way they see things.
What 2 events are a turning point in their relationship?
How do these events help Esperanza understand Marta’s point of view?

14. Theme
Stated Theme- a theme that is directly stated at the end of the novel.
What is the stated theme?
Implicit theme- a theme that is revealed by the events that occur in a story, and by what a character learns, does, thinks, or feels.
What is an implicit theme in this novel?

15. Symbols
Mountains and valleys are symbols for the ups and downs in life.
The blanket that Esperanza crocheted symbolizes her journey and the many ups and downs that she has experienced
Roses
The blooming rose symbolizes Esperanza growing and changing
The thorns on the roses symbolize the difficulties in life.