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Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros

Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros. Feature Menu. Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading. Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros. Geraldo No Last Name Introducing the Story.

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Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros

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  1. Geraldo No Last Nameby Sandra Cisneros Feature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading

  2. Geraldo No Last Nameby Sandra Cisneros

  3. Geraldo No Last NameIntroducing the Story The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama. —Haniel Long

  4. Geraldo No Last NameIntroducing the Story Marin is a young Mexican American woman. She meets Geraldo at a dance, but she doesn’t get his last name. • How will Marin be affected when this man she barely knows gets hit by a car? [End of Section]

  5. Geraldo No Last NameLiterary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Style—the particular way a writer uses language to express ideas and feelings. • Sometimes a writer’s style is so well-defined that an experienced reader can identify the author after reading just a few sentences. • The stories of Sandra Cisneros have that kind of distinctive style. Listen for it as you read “Geraldo No Last Name.”

  6. Geraldo No Last NameLiterary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Style is largely created through • sentence length and structure (long and complicated? short and simple?) • word choice (everyday words? fancy words?)

  7. Geraldo No Last NameLiterary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Diction—a writer’s choice of words—is one of the main ingredients of style. • Writers select their words carefully to express their thoughts, feelings, and attitude. • Diction can be and so on . . .

  8. Geraldo No Last NameLiterary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone Diction plays a large part in creating tone—the writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience. • The tone of a literary work can be and so on . . .

  9. Geraldo No Last NameLiterary Focus: Style, Diction, and Tone As you read “Geraldo No Last Name,” notice • the diction Cisneros uses • the tone created by her choice of words [End of Section]

  10. Geraldo No Last NameReading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading Good readers stop from time to time to make sure they understand what they have read. They ask questions such as • what has happened so far? • when do the events take place? • can I visualize what is being described? • what can I make of the characters’ decisions and actions?

  11. Geraldo No Last NameReading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading As you read the story, stop to ask questions about • the meanings of unfamiliar words • any descriptions you find confusing • the character’s thoughts and behaviors • Keep in mind: Sometimes a writer leaves out information intentionally, in order to invite questions. [End of Section]

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