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1. The gist of the story is how Esmeralda and her mom left Mancun to live in brooklyn. Her mother wanted to have a better life so that was the reason they moved. When  Esmeralda moved she had a chance to go to the performing arts school in manhattan new york.

2) Esmeralads motivation was to get out of brooklyn, she didnt want to stay there because she thought it wasnt safe and it was a bad neighborhood.

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The Gist of the story is that Esmeralda moved to Brooklyn and she doesn't like that place because its a dangerous neighborhood

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmeralda and her mom moved to Brooklyn which had her thinking if it was a good decision with all of the ifs but noticed a lot of opening door for her especially at school. She wasn't really satisfied with how it was and looked like but sticked with it.
2. The central motivation for Esmeralda was getting out of Brooklyn, since the beginning she didn't like it and said it wasnt safe and met her standards of how she lived in Puerto Rico but once she got an amazing chance for a new better school she felt way better about it.

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1. The gist of the story is that Mr. Barone was helping her get into a better high school she choose to go to an acting school and she had to audition.
2. C because "It was on these tense walks home from school that I decided I had to get out of Brooklyn"(pg.18)

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the gist of the story is that esmeralda had to move to brooklyn her counselor asked her what did she want  to study and she chose to study for acting and she did it only so she can get away from her neighborhood she dislikes
the motivation of the story is to get out of brooklyn she purposely looked for a school far from brooklyn

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1. The gist of the story is she moved to Brooklyn and her guidance counselor ask her what she going do in her and she said she doesn't know. so he tells her she can be a teacher or help people, but she doesn't want be none of that. so she saw her mom watching a show and then when she was called again to see her counselor she told her she wanted be a actress.
2. I guess she trying make her mom proud to see her on television

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1.The gist of the story is that Esmeralda moves into Brooklyn, NY and goes into school. When she meets her Guidance Counselor, he tells her what she wants to get and she tells him that she wants go into acting. Throughout the story she has to get better at acting with the help of her teachers. When she goes to the place of her audition, she is nervous and in her audition she thought that she was horrible until the people in the audition told her that she was great.
2. B is the answer because during the story she said that it was horrible living in Brooklyn since she always had to worry about getting killed so in order to get out she had to take an action and went into acting so she can get out of Brooklyn.

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmeralda's family moved to Brooklyn and she doesn't like it because she lives in a bad neighborhood. Her counselor asked if shes ever thought about what she wanted to be but Esmeralda didn't know till she told him she wanted to be an actress. In this case this was the way out for Esmeralda to live in a better place.
2. The central motivation for Esmeralda's choice/ behavior is getting out of Brooklyn. In text it states, "It was on these tense walks home from school that I decided I had to get our Brooklyn" (pg 18) Esmeralda didn't feel safe living in her neighborhood that when she walked home she kept telling herself, "I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid"

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmeralda's family moved to Brooklyn and she doesn't like it because she's in a bad neighborhood.

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1) Esmeralda and her family move out of

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Esmeralda move to Brooklyn so she is not living in Macun anymore and she is like kinda mad in the beginning because she didn't want to live in Brooklyn. So to get out of Brooklyn she attended a school to find a way to get out of Brooklyn for good. they made her take a test which she easily passed showing she has a special type of skill then others. The teachers helped her figure out what she wants to be in life and has to attend a type of audition to see if she is able to attend a very like top notch school.
2. B is the answer becuase she is tired of moving and moving repeatedly to Brooklyn

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The gist is that Esmeralda moved to New York in Brooklyn and doesn't like the neighborhood

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I.) Esmeralda moved from Macun to Brooklyn in NY, but her neighborhood appears to be a bad one, she dislikes her life there,  and is unsure of what she wants to be. Later on though, she decides that she wants to be an actress.
II.) Esmeralda wants to get out of Brooklyn, , so the answer would be C. Esmeralda wanting to leave or not liking Brooklyn is obvious through what she says or thinks,
"It was on these tense walks home from school that i decided i had to get out of Brooklyn."
"At least you could step outside everyday without somebody trying to kill you."

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1. Esmeralda and family moved to Brooklyn

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1. The story starts off with Esmeralda in Brooklyn, NY go to a placed called P.S. 33 to be placed in school. After she is placed in a 10th grade level she talks

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmalda moved to Brooklyn with her family but doesn't like it there and but then she finds a performing arts school were she wants to be a actress. 2. Were motivation in the story is to get out of Brooklyn through out the story she says she wants to go back because theirs concurate instead of grass and that she is afraid of neighborhood.

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1. Esmerlada moved from Macun, but still living in a bad neighborhood. She hates her life and wants something better. Esmeralda looks for something better and decides she wants to become an actress and attend an Art school. Esmeralda goes through a lot of practice and work to try to get accepted to the school.
2. Esmeralda's central motivation is B, getting out of Brooklyn, NY. Esmeralda lives in a bad neighborhood where she chooses to not live that way so she decides to attend an Arts school in Manhattan. Far away she will achieve her goal.

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmeralda's counselor Mr. Barone was helping her to get into a k

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Esmeralda is  called into the office of her guidance counselor to discuss what she wants to be  when she grows up. She doesn't but later returns to say that she wants to be an actress. They begin to train her  so  that she can prepare for the  day to perform her monologue. Esmeralda doesn't like her life because of the way the neighborhood is like  so this is her way of escaping.
2. She wants to leave Brooklyn. In the story she says how this opportunity will get her away from Brooklyn.

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1. The gist of the story is that Esmeralda is trying to move out of  Brooklyn because of the bad neighborhood she's in, she's trying to get into a performing arts school to move away.
2. Esmeralda's central motivation is

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The beginning of the gist is when Esmeralda is  trying to get out of Brooklyn  because she thinks that she deserves a better  life than what her mom  is giving her.
2. Esmeraldas  motivation is to get out of Brooklyn  she touches  on  that she doesn't like the neighborhood and that she chooses grass over country.

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From the beginning of the story Esmeralda right away tells the reader the setting and what grade she is in and in detail how she was placed in school. She introduced important characters as well

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1.) The gist is that Mr.Baron told Esmeralda what she wants to be when she grows up and Esmeralda tells him an actress and then the school try to put Esmeralda in the performing arts school.

2.) Esmeralda's motivation is B because in the story she said  it was on these walks to school i had decide i wanted to leave Brooklyn.

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1. The gist of the story is Esmeralda trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life after high school, she decides on working on becoming an actress so she is sent o the most prestigious, performing arts school in New York. Where she has to audition to get into the school.
2. Esmeralda's central motivation for becoming an actress and going to the performing arts school is getting out of Brooklyn, NY. This is evident in the excerpt because Esmeralda states multiple times within the story that she can't stand living in Brooklyn because of the danger of living in such a bad neighborhood.

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1. The gist is that Esmeralda moved to Brooklyn and is trying to figure  out what she wants to be in life. she had no clue of what she wants to be when she gets older. she tellers her counselor that she wants to be an actress but that is because she wants to find a way to get out of Brooklyn.
2.The central motivation for Esmeralda  is that she wants to get out of brooklyn

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1. Gist, give an objective summary of the excerpt from start to finish including key details.
2. What is the central motivation for Esmeralda's choices/behavior?
a. making her mother proud
b. getting out of Brooklyn, NY
c. Helping provide for her family
d. becoming an actress