Character
What does Esperanza mean in English?
Hope
This is a definition of a Simile
What is the comparison of one thing with another thing using the words like or as?
Papa who wakes up tired in the dark- this happens to Grandfather.
Esperanza's grandfather dies
Cisneros was born here.
Chicago
"You can do what you want to do, Nenny, but you better not talk to Lucy or Rachel if you want to be my sister."
Esperanza
Who thinks she comes from French royalty?
Cathy
Definition of Personification
What is assigning human traits to a non-human thing?
Born Bad- Esperanza shares one of these
What is her poem?
Sandra now lives here.
San Antonio, TX
"You girls to young to be wearing shoes like that. Take them shoes off before I call the cops."
Mr. Benny
Who did Esperanza share a bike with
Rachel and Lucy
Definition for idiom
Phrase that means something much different than it's literal meaning. "Raining cats and dogs"
The three sisters- Esperanza attends one of these.
What is a wake?
This is where Sandra went to college.
Loyola University and University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
"You don't live far." "You live across the boulevard. That's only four blocks."
Sister Superior
Who was abused by her father and married young?
Sally
Vignette
What is a short, impressionistic scenes that focus on one moment or give particular insight into a character, idea or setting?
Linoleum Roses- what happens to Sally
Sally gets married
My Wicked, Wicked Ways and Woman Hollering was authored by-
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
"I could've been somebody, you know?"
Esperanza's mother
Who told Esperanza to come back to Mango Street once shes made it out in the future?
The 3 Sisters
Definition for Metaphor
Compares to unlike things and includes a form of the "to be" verb.
Red clowns- is when this happens to Esperanza.
She is left alone and raped.
Cisneros was born in this decade.
1950s (1954)
"Yes , that's Mexico all right.That's what i was thinking exactly."
Nenny