Figurative Findings
Mello Tone
Mango Tango
Themes and Tings
Mixed Bag of Funtastic
100
The acronym S.S.S.T.T. represents these five senses.
What is sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch?
100
Sandra Cisneros says that "isolation, loneliness, and longing" attracts young people to this novella she wrote 25 years ago.
What is The House on Mango Street?
100
She is the protagonist in the novella The House on Mango Street.
Who is Esperanza?
100
It is the overall message, lesson, or moral of a story.
What is theme?
100
The best example of metaphor is “And me, my hair is lazy,” or “And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.”
What is "And me, my hair is lazy."?
200
It's the emotion that you (the reader, listener, or viewer) feel while reading, listening, or viewing an artistic form.
What is mood?
200
It is true or false to say that the tone in many of the vignettes in The House on Mango street reflect the feeling of longing.
What is true?
200
She is the author of the novella The House on Mango Street.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
200
The phrase “The boys in their universe and we in ours,” emphasizes the narrator’s: 1. recognition of the differences between boys and girls, or 2. happiness with the separation of the sexes.
What is recognition of the differences between boys and girls?
200
Rachel and Lucy look at me like I’m crazy, but before they can let out a laugh, Nenny says: Yes, that’s Mexico all right. That’s what I was thinking exactly, is told in this point-of-view.
What is first person?
300
It's the attitude an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or the character.
What is tone?
300
In the vignette "Hairs," the narrator’s overall tone may best be described as annoyed, indifferent, excited, or admiring.
What is admiring?
300
The House on Mango Street is based on various neighborhoods where the author lived in this windy city.
Where is Chicago?
300
In terms of an overall message, it is the central theme of the vignette “Laughter.” The author believes that beyond looks, sisters are more alike than one might think, or laughter is the best medicine. Which is the theme? You choose.
What is beyond looks, sisters are more alike than one might think?
300
Between the words chain and heavy object, anchor most likely means this of the two.
What is heavy object?
400
"Until then I am a red balloon," is a form of this figurative language.
What is metaphor?
400
The phrase “The snoring, the rain, and Mama's hair that smells like bread” emphasizes the narrator’s: 1. annoyance of Papa snoring, or 2. comforting feeling sleeping near Mama.
What is comforting feeling sleeping near Mama?
400
It is a short descriptive literary sketch, e.g. a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie), and the writing style of the novella The House on Mango Street.
What is a vignette?
400
As far as the theme of the vignette “Hairs,” the author believes which: that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, or home is where the heart is.
What is home is where the heart is?
400
The poem: We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon, is written in this point-of-view.
What is first person?
500
"Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go clean as paper before the poem,” is an example of this form of figurative language.
What is simile?
500
In the vignette "Laughter," the narrator’s overall tone may best be described as scholarly, reflective, friendly, or bemused.
What is reflective?
500
She is Louie's pretty green-eyed girl cousin who dreams to get a real job downtown.
Who is Marin?
500
Which quotation best reflects a central theme in the text Boys & Girls? “Nenny is too young to be my friend. She’s just my sister and that was not my fault," or “Someday I will have a best friend all my own.”
What is "Someday I will have a best friend all my own."?
500
The best example of simile is, “Nenny and I don’t look like sisters," or “Our laughter for example. Not the shy ice cream bells’ giggle of Rachel and Lucy’s family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking.”
What is “Our laughter for example. Not the shy ice cream bells’ giggle of Rachel and Lucy’s family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking.”?
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