Friday, July 29, 2011

Chapter Sixteen: A Pair of Tickets--> Jing-mei Woo Term--> Theme

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Queen Mother of the Western Skies In the final chapter of the story, Jing-mei and her father are set to fly to China. She thinks about the ...

Chapter Fifteen: Double Face--> Lindo Jong Term--> Compund Sentence

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Queen Mother of the Western Skies Lindo talks about how Waverly plans to go with her husband, Rich, on a honeymoon to China. Lindo plans t...

Chapter Fourteen: Waiting Between the Trees--> Ying-ying St. Clair Term--> Figurative Language

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Queen Mother of the Western Skies Ying-ying recalls her first marriage. She married into what was an arranged marriage, and she learned to ...

Chapter Thirteen: Magpies--> An-mei Hsu Term--> Setting

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Queen Mother of the Western Skies "This was a pond in our courtyard and I often poked a stick in the still water to make th...

Chapter Twelve: Best Quality--> Jing-mei Woo Term--> Onomatopoeia

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American Translation June tells of last year's Chinese New Year. She talks about how her and her mother went to the store and bought ele...

Chapter Eleven: Without Wood--> Rose Hsu Jordan

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American Translation "According to my mother, Old Mr. Chou was the guardian of a door that opened into dreams" (186). Rose tell...

Chapter Ten: Four Directions--> Waverly Jong Term--> Simple Sentence

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American Translation "Rich and I have decided to postpone our wedding"(184). This sentence is a simple sentence , because there ...