| A | B |
| Gonzalo's Uncle | Tio Juan |
| Visualize | strategy to create pictures |
| Flashbacks | remembering something from the past |
| Gonzalo's ethnicity | Guatemalan |
| Leona's drink | goldenrod tea |
| helped clean the garden | Leona |
| Leona does NOT believe in... | Pills or Medicine |
| Leona saves... | doctors' obituaries |
| sequence of events | the order in which events happen |
| Leona's age | 99 |
| Sam's job | sewing up the rips in the neighborhood |
| Sam studies... | words |
| Sam compares the garden to ... | paradise |
| Tone | writer's attitude |
| Style | particular way something is written |
| Mood | Feelings |
| Style of Ch. 6 | Informal |
| Tone of Ch. 6 | Approving & Respectful |
| Mood of Ch. 6 | Disappointment |
| Virgil and his father plant ... | baby lettuce |
| Virgil wants | a new bike |
| Virgil's Father | liar |
| Miss Fleck | 3rd grade teacher |
| Tio Juan | wrinkled old man |
| What happens to the lettuce? | it wilts |
| Connections | Relate the reading to your life |
| Figurative Language | describe one thing by comparing it to another thing |
| Similes | comparison using the words like or as |