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What is the main reason the grandmother gives for cutting the tip off the ham?
What is the main reason the grandmother gives for cutting the tip off the ham?
- It's necessary to make the ham fit in her small oven. (correct)
- It helps the ham cook more evenly.
- That's how she was taught to prepare ham.
- It improves the flavor of the ham.
The husband initially appreciates that his wife cut the tip off the ham.
The husband initially appreciates that his wife cut the tip off the ham.
False (B)
According to the mother, what steps are involved in preparing the ham?
According to the mother, what steps are involved in preparing the ham?
The mother says that the ham is seasoned, the tip is cut off, and it's put in the oven.
The play is divided into three ______, each set in a different location.
The play is divided into three ______, each set in a different location.
Match each character with their initial justification for cutting the tip off the ham:
Match each character with their initial justification for cutting the tip off the ham:
What is the husband's reaction to the wife's explanation for cutting the tip off the ham?
What is the husband's reaction to the wife's explanation for cutting the tip off the ham?
The mother immediately provides a clear and confident explanation for cutting the tip off the ham.
The mother immediately provides a clear and confident explanation for cutting the tip off the ham.
Where does the third act of the play take place?
Where does the third act of the play take place?
The husband's persistent questioning reveals his ______ about the ham preparation method.
The husband's persistent questioning reveals his ______ about the ham preparation method.
Match each act with its corresponding setting:
Match each act with its corresponding setting:
What is the primary conflict in the play?
What is the primary conflict in the play?
The grandmother uses a modern, large oven.
The grandmother uses a modern, large oven.
What does the wife say she was taught about preparing ham?
What does the wife say she was taught about preparing ham?
The play's dialogue suggests a ______ between the husband and the women in his family.
The play's dialogue suggests a ______ between the husband and the women in his family.
Match the character to the phrase they use:
Match the character to the phrase they use:
How does the husband react each time he hears the reason for cutting the tip off the ham?
How does the husband react each time he hears the reason for cutting the tip off the ham?
The play suggests that family traditions are always based on logical reasoning.
The play suggests that family traditions are always based on logical reasoning.
What is the significance of the husband's repeated statement, 'Vamos a casa de...?'
What is the significance of the husband's repeated statement, 'Vamos a casa de...?'
The grandmother's explanation provides a ______ reason for the family tradition.
The grandmother's explanation provides a ______ reason for the family tradition.
Match the argument to the person who makes it:
Match the argument to the person who makes it:
Flashcards
Acto Primero Setting
Acto Primero Setting
The first act takes place in the couple's home, where the wife has cooked a ham for her husband for the first time.
What did the wife cook?
What did the wife cook?
The wife cooked a ham
Husband's Question (Acto Primero)
Husband's Question (Acto Primero)
The husband asks why she cut off the tip of the ham.
Wife's Defense (Acto Primero)
Wife's Defense (Acto Primero)
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Husband's Experience
Husband's Experience
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Wife's Explanation
Wife's Explanation
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Acto Segundo Setting
Acto Segundo Setting
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Wife's Question (Acto Segundo)
Wife's Question (Acto Segundo)
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Mother's Method
Mother's Method
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Acto Tercero Setting
Acto Tercero Setting
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Wife's Question (Acto Tercero)
Wife's Question (Acto Tercero)
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Grandmother's Recipe
Grandmother's Recipe
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Abuela's Reason
Abuela's Reason
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Author
Author
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Study Notes
- This text is an example from Thomas Morris.
Acto Primero (En casa de la pareja)
- The wife cooked a beautiful baked ham for her husband for the first time.
- The husband tastes it and asks why she cut off the end.
- The wife says ham is made that way in the oven.
- The husband disagrees, saying he has eaten roasted hams that were whole.
- The wife says that it may be, but it cooks better with the end cut off.
- The husband finds it ridiculous and asks why.
- The wife says her mom taught her that way.
- The husband suggests they go to her mom's house.
Acto Segundo (En casa de la madre de ella)
- The wife asks her mom how the ham is made in the oven.
- The mother says it is seasoned, the end is cut off, and it is put in the oven.
- The wife points this out to her husband.
- The husband asks the mother why she cuts off the point.
- The mother says something about the seasoning and the cooking, also that her mother taught her that way.
- The husband suggests they go to the grandmother's house.
Acto Tercero (En casa de la abuela de ella)
- The wife asks her grandmother how the ham is made in the oven.
- The grandmother says she seasons it well, lets it sit for three hours, cuts off the end, and cooks it in a slow oven.
- Both the mother and wife point this out to the husband.
- The husband asks the grandmother why she cuts the end off, in an obstinate way.
- The grandmother says she cuts the end off so it can fit in the oven, because her oven is so small.
Questions
- Is the text oral or written?
- The text is in dialog form and belongs to the theater genre, but there are two moments in which data is exposed. When exactly?
- Write the arguments the wife and mother give.
- Write the argument that the grandmother gives.
- How do the arguments of the wife and mother differ in relation to the grandmother's?
Possible Answers to Question E
- The first arguments can be proven, the grandmother's can not.
- The first arguments are unfounded; the grandmother's is based on something.
- The wife's, mother's, and grandmother's arguments are based on beliefs.
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