Ana Costillo, an important American chicano writer (from a mixed marriage of Mexican Indian and American parents) saw La Llorona as a nurturing mother goggess who grieved for her lost children, rather than an evil woman as she was previously conventionally portrayed.
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utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).
make obscure or mysterious.
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Squelch, slap, soggy
curt cuts
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of a group of words. In this case there are two different groups of words that could be examples of alliteration. The first is in the section "the squelch and slap of soggy meat". The /s/ sound is repeated at the beginning three times in this part of the excerpt. The second is "curt cuts". In this two word phrase, the hard /c/ sound is repeated.
Keep in mind when identifying alliteration it's important to hear the sound the word makes. Sometimes when you just look for a repeated letter it is incorrect. For example, the circular cheese is cut. Even though a majority of words begin with c, none of them begin with the same sound.
Answer:—used to say that telling the truth is better than lying even when it is hard to do He realized honesty is the best policy and told them what really happened to their car.
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