Housing
The literary device in "the windows were so small it looked like they were holding their breath."
What is personification?
The literary device in "The snoring, the rain, and Mama's hair that smells lie bread."
What is imagery?
The literary device in "I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
What is metaphor?
It means hope, sadness, waiting...
What is Esperanza?
What literary device is in "Cathy who is queen of cats and cats and cats. Baby cats, skinny cats, sick cats."
What is repetition?
The literary device in their laughter was "like a pile of dishes breaking."
What is simile?
The ___________________ is man versus society when Louie is chased and then arrested by the cops.
What is conflict?
The literary device is in the bike was all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti?
What is simile?
When we read "the balls never came back down to earth," it is ________________ that they got stuck on the roof, and when it says, he "broke both arms," we can ______________ that he landed hard on the ground.
What is implied and infer?
The literary device in the owner of the junk shop is old, black, doesn't talk much, and wears gold spectacles.
What is characterization?
the genre of House on Mango Street
What is fiction?
In "The Family of Little Feet," the shoes represent innocence and glee, but engender discomfort and inappropriate sexual attraction. This is an important literary device known as...
What is paradox?
The literary device in Marin "is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life."
What is parallelism?
The expressions "ball and chain
" and "smart cookie"
What are idioms?
The nun represents authority, fear, obedience, whiteness, etc. This is perhaps the most literary literary device.
What is symbolism?
Meanwhile the boy who is my cousin by first communion or something asks me to dance and I can't. This is obviously coming from Esperanza's _________________________.
What is point of view?
"Hips" combines the innocence and mirth of dancing with the sexuality and bigotry of the lyrics. This is more ___________.
What is irony (or paradox)?
What is theme?
The literary device in "he crumples like a coat and cries"
What is alliteration?
"...the sticky yellow light,.. Second floor rear apartment. The naked light bulb. The high ceilings..."
What is setting?
In "Born Bad" the narrator refers to Wonder Woman, the Beatles, and Marylin Monroe.
What is an allusion?
"My whole life on that table:" past, present, and future is referring to what event? The wedding could be a ________________ in her life.
What is the palm reading? What is climax?
No one knew Gerardo, He went north. the ones he left behind are far away. It is implied that he came from __________________.
What is Mexico?
In "The Earl of Tennessee," the dogs leap and somersault like an an apostrophe or comma." Maybe this ________________ that the narrator will become a writer.
What is foreshadowing?
In "Sire" she says it "it made your blood freeze to have someone look at you like that."
What is an exaggeration or "hyperbole?"