1.Who is the author of the text read?

Juan Bosch

2. Biographical data of the author.

Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño, better known as Juan Bosch, was a Dominican short
story writer, essayist, novelist, narrator, historian, educator and politician. Bosch
was elected president of the Dominican Republic in 1962, a position he briefly
assumed in 1963.

Date of birth: June 30, 1909, Concepción de la Vega

Death: November 1, 2001, Santo Domingo
Parents: Ángela Gaviño Costales; José Bosch Subirats
Previous position: President of the Dominican Republic (1963–1963)
Books: Pentagonism: substitute for imperialism, MORE
Spouse: Quidiello Carmen (m. 1943–2001), Isabel García (d. 1934–1943)
Children: Carolina Bosch, León Bosch, Bárbara Bosch, Patricio Bosch

3. What is the style used by the author of the text?

Narrative

4. What are the characteristics of the author as a writer?

Master of the story for his techniques used in social realism. Short story writer,
essayist, novelist, humanist, historian, educator and politician.

5. In what grammatical person is the text written?

in third person

6. What type of text is it and what are the characteristics?

It is a story, its characteristics are fiction, the plot is brief with few characters, the
author's fantasy predominates and it is written in prose.

7. Is the text read a story, a novel or poetry and what are the characteristics of the
chosen genre?

It is a story, its characteristics are fiction, the plot is brief with few characters, the
author's fantasy predominates and it is written in prose.

8Who are the characters in the text read?

The woman, the girl, Teo, the children, the man and the horse

9. What are the main idea and secondary idea of the text read?

Major

This story is about a poor family that had no money to eat after the father had to
turn himself in to the police, leaving his wife with two sick sons and a little girl.

Secondary.

One day when the girl went out to exchange eggs for rice and salt, suddenly a man
arrived on a horse at the hut and the mother asked him for half a peso that the man
was carrying, but then the girl arrived because the rice fell into the river. and salt.

When her mother arrived, she asked her what was wrong, but when she told her,
she entered the hut and sent the man away. When she went to see the twins, one of
them asked her if it was her father.

10. Extract five nouns: Common / Abstract / Proper / non-countable / Individual /

Collective.

Common abstract own non-countable individual collective

Eyes fear man stones path orangery

Door pain my girl sweat temporary sun
hut wind woman new man stone
Bohío smell Teo lagañas corn
horse shame children mistakes mother

11. What is the relationship that exists between the title and the content of the
text?

The entire story takes place in the surroundings and inside the hut.

12. What is the message conveyed by the read text?

That no matter how many situations we face in life and even living in extreme
poverty, we must never lose hope that one day things can improve.

13. What is the outcome of the read text?

In the story the girl arrives with nothing, the man on the horse leaves and
everything remains the same, no food, no money, no medicine.
14. Does the narrated event actually happen?

Yes, in many parts of the world there are people with very limited resources who
go through similar situations.

15. Extract five sentences from the text and divide them into Subject and
Predicate.

The woman did not dare to think.

yes p
The hut was a misery .
Sp
Your taita comes later.
Sp
The little room stank of rotten fabric.
Sp
The boy closed his eyes and turned on his side.
Sp

16. Extract complements of time/mode/place/quantity/affirmation/negation from

the text.

time mode place quantity affirmation denial

Sick day hut two if not

It was tired way little effectively denied
Anxious week with average probably neither
Before fearful river a certainly never
Then discard mount a truly never

17. Extract existing demonstrative adjectives from the text.

This, that, that, those, that, that.

18. Extract definite, indefinite articles and contracts from the text.

Defined. The, the, the, the, the.

Indefinite. One, one, one.
Contracts. To the

19. Extract existing conjunctions from the text.

I.
20. Extract existing prepositions from the text.

In, to, without, with, from, of, for, by, during, until, between, towards.

21. How does the author describe the characters in the text?

The skinny, rag-tag woman was the mother.

The two children were sick, one was quiet, calm and thin.
The girl- was small
Teo- is only mentioned since he was in prison. It was the father
The man on the horse- a stranger

22. What is your opinion about the event narrated in the text?

It is a reality of our society today that there are still families in extreme poverty,
who do not have a decent roof to live on and do not have money to buy or food to
sustain themselves.

23. What ending would you give to the text according to the events narrated?

The ending that I would give to this story is that the children's father appeared
since the woman could not support herself and with the man in the house they
would improve their situation since he He could take care of a small farm that he
had and thus be able to support himself in terms of food and also sell what he
produced and buy medicine for his children.