NamesNombres by Julia Alvarez Review 1 How can

Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez Review

1. How can Julia Alvarez’s family best be described? § large, close, caring

2. What does Alvarez think about her last name when she first arrives in New York from the Dominican Republic? § It has a beautiful sound.

3. What do Alvarez’s nicknames Jules and Hey Jude show? § Alvarez is popular and accepted.

4. Julia Alvarez writes that the Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean. What would be the best way to prove this fact? § Look on a map.

5. Why does Alvarez’s full name interest her friends? § It is much longer than their names.

6. An informal essay can sound friendly. What factor would likely contribute to the tone? § humor

7. What does Alvarez think about her “new names” after she has been in the United States for a while? § She wonders whether she should correct her teachers and friends when they use them.

8. Why do Alvarez’s family members sit in the first row at her graduation ceremony? § They want to be sure to understand the fast-spoken English.

9. Alvarez mentions a change in attitude toward “ethnicity” in the United States during the 1960 s. Who were Americans more willing to accept after this change? § People with a dark complexion.

10. How does Julia Alvarez describe her extended family? § She has many relatives, and their relationships are complicated.

11. identified incorrectly; misunderstood § mistook

12. be involved in; follow up § pursue

13. carry from one place to another § transport

14. unavoidably § inevitably

15. completely confused § chaotic

16. written on § inscribed

17. A fact is information that must be ______. § proven

18. An opinion is a person’s _____ or ______. § judgment § belief

19. You can check facts by using different resources. You can check facts by ______ or _____. § looking at a map § asking an expert

20. Tone § The writer’s attitude toward his or her audience or subject. § playful § serious § humorous

20. Tone § Factors that contribute to tone: § word choice § sentence structure § sentence length

Formal Writing § More complicated word choice and sentence structure § Longer sentences

Informal Writing § May include humor § Simple word choice and sentence structure § May sound like conversation § Shorter sentences

21. Text-Based Question § At first Alvarez dislikes § How does Julia Alvarez hearing her family name feel when she first comes mispronounced and is to the United States and uncomfortable when she is hears her name called Judy or Judith. In high mispronounced? How school, she accepts her nicknames, believing they does she feel when she is demonstrate her popularity, first called Judy? How and she is uncomfortable does she feel about her when friends treat her name when she graduates (and her) as if she were exotic. from high school? When she graduates from high school, she wonders Describe Alvarez’s what name she will use as an changing thoughts about adult. The fact that she has her name. chosen Julia Alvarez suggests her allegiance to her Dominican heritage.