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The structure of the text changes in paragraph 1 because the author is telling us how story starts. The text States "it is April of the first year of my American life when my mother finally comes to visit us."this shows how the story is starting off.

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Similes and metaphors help the reader understand Maria better because the similes and Metaphors Express how Maria feels. The text says "my mother used to call me her dove when I was alegre. And her Little mouse when I was triste." This shows the author explains Maria better using similes and metaphors.

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Maria alegre is being compared to a bird and a dove because a bird/dove flies free which is how she feels when she is alegre. The text says "when I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad I am Maria alegre." This shows she compares herself to positive things if she is Maria alegre.  Maria triste is being compared to a mouse because a mouse is helpless and sad which is how she feels when she is Maria triste. The text says "when I am like a small underground creatures, when I feel like I will never see the sun again, I am Maria triste." This shows she compares herself to negative things when she is Maria triste.
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Details in lines 12-14 describes Maria Alegre and Maria Triste.
According to the poem, its in line 12 'Its a beautiful day even in this barrio. The author description is that Maria Alegre. Maria Triste is the New American girl that is disspointed

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Ms campbell in the link you posted for this website on the english class website you missed two things at the end. its supposed to say 3a after it.

Jamar hopefully they copied it from class or saw this message.  Thanks for the correction

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Maria Alegre and Maria Triste are different names for the same person . Triste is the name Maria uses when she is sad here in America. Alegra is the name she uses when she is on the tropical island and Alegre  is the happy one.The different between them is that happy Maria lives on a tropical island .The author puts in the poem because is from a place that caused her to be happy or sad .The author associates sad ( Triste).Maria with her new American life.

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Maria Algre was a kid who had born
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In lines 12-14 maria loves Puerto rico better than new york.
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lines 12-24 describe maria alegre and maria Triste as different people because she changes at different times in a day. In the text it said'' No longer the maria alegre who was born on a trocpical island and who lived with two parents in 
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Maria Triste is the sad personality of Maria whilst Maria Alegre is the happy personality of Maria. The author includes these descriptions so people can understand which emotions are shown throughout the poem. Maria Triste is the "Maria" that is associated with her "new American life".
 
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Maria algre was the old maria. She’s the maria that lived on a tropical island with both of her parents. This maria had the perfect life.  However the maia triste is the sad and depressed teenager. She os the only barrio girl in a new american life.  The author included these maria’s to compare and contrast each of her lives to what she is experiencing now.  The “maria” that is associated with her “new american life” is maria triste.  She is the island girl to her new  american life community.  The author included these maria’s to compare and contrast each of her lives to her now. In conclusion, these are the two maria’s and why the author includes them
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The author includes these descriptions, because the author wants to describes how Maria changes . The narrator associates with a new Maria . In the text it states " It is a beautiful day  even in this barrio ". This quote  tells how Maria is a happy girl who looks on the bright side of things . In the text it also state's " I am a different Maria, no longer Maria Alegre who was 
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Maria alegre was born on a tropical island in  Puerto Rico and lived with her parents.
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Maria Alegre  born  on a tropical island in Puerto Rico  and lived with her parents .Her house was near a sea. Maria was happy there.The author included these descriptions because she wanted us to know what her life was before she came to America. The narrator associate with Maria Triste in then new America life,where Maria is not happy

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Maria alegre is cheerful. The text says "no longer the Maria alegre who was born on a tropical island and who lived with their parents in the house near the sea, until a few months ago." This shows a few months ago she was happy until she moved. Maria triste is sad. The text says "nor like the Maria triste the lonely girl of my American Life." This shows Maria triste identifies as a sad and lonely girl.

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The authors describes that Maria is two other people before she was a Maria Alegre and now she is a Maria Triste . For two different names but the same person . Maria Alegre was a Maria that had two parents that love her and she lived near a tropical beach where it was sunny . After her parents was not together any more she became a Maria Triste.

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In lines 12-14 maria loves Puerto rico better than new york.

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According to line 12 it describe maria was happy happy because it said"It is a beautiful day even bario, and today I am almost unhappy". Maria is comparing herself to a bird. According to text 25 she said"Sometimes, when I feel like a bird soaring above all that is ugly or sad. Then she compares herself to a underground creature."

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lines 12-24 describe maria alegre and maria Triste as different people because she changes at different times in a day. In the text it said'' No longer the maria alegre who was born on a trocpical island and who lived with two parents in

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Maria Triste is the sad personality of Maria whilst Maria Alegre is the happy personality of Maria. The author includes these descriptions so people can understand which emotions are shown throughout the poem. Maria Triste is the "Maria" that is associated with her "new American life".

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Belma Kandic.

Maria algre was the old maria. She’s the maria that lived on a tropical island with both of her parents. This maria had the perfect life.  However the maia triste is the sad and depressed teenager. She os the only barrio girl in a new american life.  The author included these maria’s to compare and contrast each of her lives to what she is experiencing now.  The “maria” that is associated with her “new american life” is maria triste.  She is the island girl to her new  american life community.  The author included these maria’s to compare and contrast each of her lives to her now. In conclusion, these are the two maria’s and why the author includes them

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The author includes these descriptions, because the author wants to describes how Maria changes . The narrator associates with a new Maria . In the text it states " It is a beautiful day  even in this barrio ". This quote  tells how Maria Alegre is a happy girl who looks on the bright side of things . In the text it also state's " I am a different Maria, no longer Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island, nor like the Maria Triste the lonely barrio girl. I am fifteen years old. Call me Maria. This quote tells how their is a new Maria which is neither Maria Alegre or Maria Triste . This is why the auother included these descriptions .

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Maria alegre was born on a tropical island in  Puerto Rico and lived with her parents.

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Maria Alegre was happy in Puerto Rico, but she is a different Maria in america, who is Maria Triste, Maria Triste is a lonely barrio girl in her new american life. In the text it states "Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new american life". This quote shows that she a lonely girl in her new american life. In the text it states "I am a different  Maria, no longer the Maria Alegre who was born on tropical island, and who lived with two parents in a house near the ocean until a few months ago". This quote shows that she has no tropical island, no longer living with no parents and no linving by the ocean with them. The narrator name the associates with her "new American life" is Maria Triste, which means sad.
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Details in lines 12-14 describes Maria Alegre and Maria Triste.
According to the poem, its in line 12 'Its a beautiful day even in this barrio. The author description is that Maria Alegre. Maria Triste is the New American girl that is disspointed

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Maria Alegre and Maria Triste are different .Triste is the sad one and Alegre  is the happy one.

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The author associates Maria Alegre with the happy Maria from Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the author associates Maria Triste with the sad Maria from America. As stated in the text, Maria is "No longer Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island, nor Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of her new American life." This is how the author describes Maria Alegre and Maria Triste.

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In line 12-24 Maria Alegre is a happy barrio girl who was born in the tropical island with her two parents and lives in the house near the water and Maria Triste is a lonely and sad girl who lives in the barrio neighborhood in America. According to the text from line 15-20''I am a different Maria,no longer that Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island,and who I lived with two parents in a house near the sea until a few month ago''This evidence show in this line that Maria feels happy when she lives in the tropical island.According to the text from line 21-24''The Maria Triste is the lonely barrio girl of my new American life.''This evidence shows that Maria feels lonely and sad living in the barrio neighborhood.Overall,this is the two differences between Maria's two different personal traits.
The author includes these descriptions because these lines describe how Maria's personal traits are different between her America life and Spanish life.

The Maria that the author associate with her''new American life'' is Maria Triste because Maria Triste is a lonely and sad girl who lives in the barrio neighborhood in America.

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Maria Alegre and Maria Triste are different because Maria alegre was the girl that was happy in her tropical island.  Maria triste is the girl that lives in American and is always sad. The narrator associate Maria triste with her new American life. In line 21 it says “Maria triste the lonely barrio girl of my new American life.” This show that Maria triste is a sad and lonely girl.  also on line 15 it says “I am a different Maria no longer the Maria alegre” this tells me that she is no longer happy in Her new American life.

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Maria Alegre and Maria Triste are different .Triste is the sad one and Alegre

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𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝕻𝖚𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖗

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𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝕻𝖚𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖗

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𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓜𝓮 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓪

ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ ᴛʀɪꜱᴛᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ 15 ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡʜᴏ ɪꜱ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ɪɴ ᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴀ. ꜱʜᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴀʀʀɪᴏ, (ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀɴɪꜱʜ ꜱᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀʜᴏᴏᴅ) ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟʏ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴀꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ. ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ ᴀʟᴇɢʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴛʀᴏᴘɪᴄᴀʟ ɪꜱʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴀ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏᴇᴅ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇꜱ.

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Details in lines 12 - 24 that describes Maria Alegre as a happy person and Maria Triste as a sad lonely person. For example, in the poem it states " I am no longer the Maria Alegre  who was born on a tropical island who lived with two parents in a house near the sea." This qoute shows that she was happy on her tropical island with her parents. Another example

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in lines 12-14 maria feels she needs to be in p

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details in 12-24 describes maria alegre as unhappy person and ma

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From the lines 12-24 in CALL ME MARIA she was always trying to be happy because she was angry about moving to America and MARIA is FIFTEEN years old.Also MARIA is lonely Barrio girl in her new AMERICAN LIFE.

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The details in lines 12-24 that describe Maria Alegre and Maria Triste. One of the details that describe that describe Maria Alegre felt like she had a nice life back in Puerto Rico. In the text it stated  she had a nice life back with the tropical islands, the girl who lived with her two parents in a house near the sea. This evidence describes Maria Alegre. Maria Triste feels like a sad barrio girl in her new American Life. In the text it stated that she is a not happy and is no longer the Maria Alegre. The text also says her living in a basement apartment, on the top of the cement stairwell leading into The basement apartment in the city waking from a deep, dark winter sleep. This evidence states it was cold and she was unhappy. This evidence states the details of Maria Alegre and Maria Triste.

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The author included these descriptions of Maria because she wants you to know the different personalities of Maria. Maria Alegre is a happy girl that lived with her parents on a tropical island. Maria Triste is a girl that is sad because she is in America. In line 16 it states " no longer  the Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island and who lived with two parents in a house near the sea." This quote shows that when Maria is Alegre she was happy with her parents. In line 21 it states " nor like the Maria Triste the lonely barrio girl of my new American life."  This quote shows that when she is Triste she is alone in America with only one parent and no friends. The Maria associated with the new American life is the sad lonely one. This is who Maria Alegre and Maria Triste are.

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The author describes Maria Alegre as a happy person and Maria Triste as a sad person. Maria Triste is associated with Maria's new american life. In lines 16 and 17, it states "no longer the Maria Alegre who was born on a tropical island." This evidence shows that Maria Alegre used to live on a tropical island with warm weather. Warm weather is usually associated with a happy mood. Lines 21 through 22 state "nor like the Maria Triste, the lonely barrio girl of my new American life." This evidence shows that Maria Triste is associated with her American life. The evidence also shows that Maria Triste is lonely, setting a bad mood because she does not like her new American life.