Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Identify the figurative language "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
Name the figurative language: "He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
The author of The House of Mango Street
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Name the figurative language: The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor.
The House on Mango Street is made of up vignettes, which means short passages that describe a moment in time.
True or False: the plot structure is the most important aspect of a vignette. Explain!
False: Vivid description is the most important aspect of a vignette.
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: "The soft wind blew through the trees with the sweet smell of spring flowers."
Imagery
The country Sandra Cisneros' parents come from
What is Mexico?
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This holiday break was the shortest thing to EVER happen.
What is a hyperbole?
Identify the figurative language: The bee buzzed around my head. BUZZZ!
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling under the weather?
Idiom.
The city where The House on Mango Street takes place
What is Chicago?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "Costs an arm and a leg."
What an idiom?
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
The name of the person speaking in "Hairs" and "My Name"
What is Esperanza?