Post #11 Form A

Vocab
Benighted (104): intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened.
Mantillas (104): A lightweight lace or silk scarf worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high comb, by women in Spain and Latin America.
Figurative Language
"The cheetah licked my palm, his tongue warm and rough, like sandpaper dipped in hot water." (109)
The simile used is comparint the roughness of the cheetah's tongue to 'sandpaper dipped in hot water' using the word like.
"-and over to Beaumont, where the oil rigs bobbed like giant birds." (130)
This is a simile because it is comparint the oil rigs bobbing to giant birds using the word like.
"..the land rolled and dipped like a sheet when you shook it clean." (130)
This is also a simile using the word like. It compared the rolling land to a sheet being shook clean.
Quote
"When dad went crazy, we all had our own ways of shutting down and closing off, and that was what we did that night."
This quote is significant because it shows the family issure Jeannette grew up with. Her father, a drunk, would often become violent and the entire family suffered from it.
Theme
When life hands you a lemon, make grape juice.