1. Sequence of Events
- Manuel volunteers for the talent show.
- During rehearsal, he accidentally almost breaks the record
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2. By remembering how Manuel had demonstrated how a flashlight works when he was younger, I can determine that his character trait is that he is _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. The simile which describes how the audience was watching Manuel was _____________________________________________________. Two other similes in the story were:
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4. Manuel's experience on-stage were different from what he imagined because ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The audience would/would not agree with Manuel that his performance was a disaster because ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. I think that Soto's descriptions of Manuel's experiences and of the talent show ARE / ARE NOT funny. I think this because _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
6. I think that Manuel's experiences and feelings ARE / ARE NOT believable because ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________.