Literary Devices
Comparing two things using "like" or "as.
What is a simile?
What does "Esperanza" mean in English?
What is hope?
Ferrera's parents came from this countr
What is Honduras?
Esperanza and Ferrera are both ___.
Latina.
What social media platform is known for its, "For You Page"?
What is TikTok?
Comparing two things WITHOUT "like" or "as." Example: "My name is a song."
What is a metaphor?
Esperanza got her name from this family member
Who is her great-grandmother?
Ferrera won an award for this TV show.
What is Ugly Betty?
In both texts, people treat the person's name or voice as "wrong. "At school, people..." / "At an audition..
Kids at school say Esperanza's name funny; a casting director asked Ferrera to sound "more Latina."
How many amendments are in the U.S . Bill of Rights?
What is 10?
Words that help you see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
What is imagery?
Her great-grandmother was sad. Where did she sit for the rest of her life?
What is by the window?
A casting director asked Ferrera to change her voice. What did they want her to sound like?
What is "more Latina"?
Esperanza wants a NEW name. Ferrera wants to stay HERSELF. Who wants to change? Who wants to stay the same?
Esperanza wants to change; Ferrera wants to stay the same
What is the only planet in our solar system known to support life?
What is Earth?
An object that stands for a bigger idea. In "My Name," the horse stands for strength
What is a symbol?
Esperanza wants a new name. Name one
What is Zeze the X? (Lisandra or Maritza also count. Magdalena is her sister.)
At first, Ferrera thought her identity was a problem. Later, she called it a ___. What changed her mind?
What is a superpower? She saw that the problem was the system, not her.
Who is more proud of their identity at the end? Give one reason. Starter: "___ is more proud because..."
Either, with a reason (e.g., Ferrera calls her identity a superpower).
What has keys but cannot open locks?
What is a piano?
Esperanza says her name is like a muddy color. Simile or metaphor? How does she feel about her name? Starter: "This is a ___. It shows she feels...
What is a simile? She does not like her name; it feels dull or ugly to her.
Esperanza has her great-grandmother's name, but she does NOT want her great-grandmother's life. Why?
She does not want to be trapped or sad; she wants to be free
A stereotype is an unfair idea about a whole group. Give one example from Ferrera's talk
She was offered only narrow roles for Latinas, or was told to sound "more Latina."
Name one thing from FAMILY and one thing from the WORLD that shapes identity in one text. Starter: "Family: ___. World: ___."
Esperanza: great-grandmother / school. Ferrera: immigrant parents / Hollywood
If you pass the second person during a race, what place are you in?
Second place.