The House on Mango Street
She is the narrator of The House on Mango Street.
Who is Esperanza?
This is the time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
What is a simile?
The event that brings Romeo and Juliet together.
What is the Capulet party (masked ball)?
Using famous people to promote a product.
She is Esperanza's younger sister.
Who is Nenny?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
What is personification?
The character who fights Tybalt in Romeo's place and dies.
Who is Mercutio?
Using emotional appeals to influence people.
What is pathos?
Esperanza dreams of having this, one that is her own.
What is a house?
This is when an author reveals a character through S.T.E.A.L. — speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks.
What is indirect characterization?
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What is alliteration?
The plan Juliet follows to avoid marrying Paris.
What is taking a sleeping potion to fake her death?
Ads that try to make you feel like everyone else is using the product.
What is bandwagon?
These two girls are Esperanza's friends for a short time, known for being gossipy and judgmental.
Who are Lucy and Rachel?
A character struggling with guilt or a decision is facing this type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
“The classroom was a zoo.”
This character says this “These violent delights have violent ends.”
Who is Friar Laurence?
This technique uses facts, data, or charts to persuade.
What is logos (or scientific evidence)?
This is the author of The House on Mango Street
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
These are the five stages of a plot diagram.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
"He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
What is allusion?
This character says this “A plague o’ both your houses!”
Who is Mercutio?
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