post # 8

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-Esmeralda was cought stealing nikkles
-Monin sent them to church school to have a free afternoon
-Esmeralda wanted to play the piano
-She gets almost melested
-Her dad was all for her playing the piano, her mother was against it
4 questions
-Why did she like the piano?
-Why didnt Esmeralda's dad go to work ?
-Why did her mom have to go to New York?
-Why did the kids have to be split up?
3 vocabulary
bespectacled-wearing eyeglasses.
reverence-a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
euphemism-the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
2 literary terms
'... the slight mounds, like egg yolks' simile
' wrapped myself in the blanket of responsibility..' metaphor
1 overview sentence
In this chapter Esmeralda gets harrassaed by her piano teacher.