The setting of In the Time of Butterflies is remote from us in both time and place. How would you characterize and respond to the world that Alvarez creates in this novel? Are there any elements of the situation that you can relate to in a real or immediate way? Write a factual description of the family culture so far in this novel. What values are emerging? (response should be one paragraph in length--minimum of 5 sentences).
Chapters 3 and 4
In what ways does Dede differ from her three sisters? What qualities do they have in common?
What are the differences in each sister's voice? Is Alvarez successful in making each sister distinct? How does she achieve this effect?

Which of the following excerpt from part one of trifles suggest that mrs. hale believes mrs. wright may have had a motive for killing her husband?

Which type of writing is best illustrated in a venn diagram? chronological order fact and opinion comparison and contrast cause and effect

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, my mistress when she walks treads on the ground. and yet by heaven i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?