Figurative Language
This figurative language term compares using: "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This character does not like her name.
Who is Esperanza?
"I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it."
What is the House on Mango Street?
She wrote The House on Mango Street.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
This figurative language term compares without using: "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
This character is the Queen of Cats.
Who is Cathy?
"Someday I will have a best friend all my own. One I can tell my secrets to...until then, I am a red balloon. A balloon tied to an anchor."
Who is Esperanza?
She wrote The House on Mango Street in these two languages.
What are English and Spanish?
This figurative language term describes objects using human qualities.
What is personification?
These kids are too much trouble because their father is left their mom without leaving a note or dollar...
Who are the Vargas kids?
"You see that cloud? That's God."
Who is Darius?
She wrote upon not being able to identify with stories she read when...
What is a graduate student? /What is a graduate program? /What is a college student?
This figurative language term is used to exaggerate.
What is hyperbole?
This character knows lots of things although she may not be a good influence...
Who is Marin?
"This ain't for sale!"
Who is Gil?
She wrote The House on Mango Street based on...
What is (her) own experience? / Write what you know?