“Oranges” by Gary Soto VOCAB:

Pg: 37 in your lit book CHARACTERIZATION:

Questions:

1) What type of character does the narrator of this poem have? FREE VERSE:

2) How do you know? Use specific examples from the poem. ONOMATOPOEIA

3) What type of character does the storeowner have?

IMAGERY

4) Explain how you know this.

SIMILE:

5) What are the similes in this poem?

6) What are two examples of onomatopoeia?

7) What is a particularly powerful image in this poem?

Since this poem tells a story, you can plot the story. Use complete sentences in your responses.

Exposition (include characters, setting, & conflict):

Rising Action:

Climax:

Falling Action:

Resolution:

**In the last line of the poem Gary Soto wrote, “I was making a fire in my hands.” How does this statement relate to the theme of the poem?