House on Mango Street (Esperanza)
Esperanza dreams of having this above all else.
What is a home?
The name of Esperanza's little sister.
Who is Nenny?
This compares two different things, using the words “like” or “as”.
What is a Simile?
What type of figurative language is this?
The dog barked ruff, ruff.
What is Onomatopoeia?
The meaning of Esperanza's name in English.
What is Hope?
Esperanza's best friends.
Who are Lucy and Rachel?
This giving human characteristics to nonhuman or abstract things.
What is personification?
What type of figurative language is this?
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
What is alliteration?
Esperanza's first job.
What is Peter Pan's Photo Finishers?
What the Vargas kids don't have.
*Hint: the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe*
What is a father?
A great exaggeration, often unrealistic, to add emphasis to a sentiment
What is a hyperbole?
What type of figurative language is this?
The tall girl stood out like a sore thumb.
What is a simile?
The setting of the story.
Where is Chicago?
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together.
What is a bike?
It is the repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.
What is Alliteration?
What type of figurative language is this?
You snore louder than a freight train!
What is a hyperbole?
What was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school.
What is a rice sandwich?
Where Esperanza's family is from.
Where is Mexico?
A sound device where the words sound like their meaning or mimic sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
What type of figurative language is this?
Lightning danced across the sky.
What is personification?