Vocab/ Lit Device practice

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Across
  1. 3. One key __ in I Was Their American Dream is the struggle of balancing multiple cultural identities.
  2. 6. The Monkey King in American Born Chinese is an __ to a famous Chinese folktale.
  3. 7. The classmates __ Jin by spreading cruel rumors about him and his culture.
  4. 9. In American Born Chinese, the repeated appearance of stereotypes becomes a central __.
  5. 10. Jin believes changing who he is will help him fit in, but that change makes him feel more isolated—a classic __.
Down
  1. 1. Jin struggles with __ as he tries to change himself to fit in at his American school.
  2. 2. Malaka writes __ about her mixed identity, expressing both frustration and pride.
  3. 4. The shoes Jin buys to impress Amelia are a __ sign of his desire to belong.
  4. 5. The ending of American Born Chinese, when Jin finally accepts himself, is open to some __ interpretation.
  5. 8. It’s __ that Danny, a character created to escape stereotypes, ends up embodying them.