Literary Devices
What is conflict?
The place Esperanza's family moves to
What is Mango Street?
The thing Esperanza is afraid of doing
What is asking questions?
Author of The House on Mango Street
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
Esperanza is trying to find this
What is identity?
What is metaphor?
The amount of people in Esperanza's family
What is 6?
Reason she doesn't want to be like her grandmother
What is so she isn't stuck?/ What is because she wants to be independent and live her own life?
Style of writing this book is written in
What are vignettes?
Everyone has one- it holds value
"There. I had to look to where she pointed –the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa nailed on the windows…”
What is imagery?
Carjacked and crashed the car
Who is Louie's cousin?
Who is Meme?
Woman with too many children
Lose it as you get older
What is innocence?
Sits their sadness on their elbow
What is personification?
Esperanza is named after
Who is her great-grandma?
Esperanza admires, but questions her
Who is Marin?
Name of neighbor with all the cousins including Marin and carjacker
Who is Louie?
Comes to the US to get it
What is the American Dream?
What is symbolism?
Reason Rachel, Lucy and Esperanza become friends
What is they buy a bike together?
Vignette where Esperanza learns there is prejudice
What is "Those Who Don't"?
Who sees mice
Who is Alicia?
What Esperanza longs to find
What is a good best friend?