HOMS Questions
What happens to Louie's Cousin?
He is arrested for stealing a Cadillac.
Esperanza is named after this person.
Who is her great-grandmother?
12 year old whose name means "Hope."
Who is Esperanza?
language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind (it is vivid and descriptive)
What is imagery?
Describe the Vargas children
What is Esperanza's biggest concern in the first vignettes? What does she seem to care most about?
Where she lives/her house
Embarrassing little sister.
Who is Nenny?
the idea that something has a deeper meaning and represents something else
What is symbolism?
The story takes place in this city.
What is Chicago?
She tells her mom she will have to do less dishes, she will see her less and like her more
How does Esperanza feel about her sister, Nenny?
She is too young to be her friend.
She feels like Nenny is her responsibility.
Carlos and Kiki.
Who are Esperanza's younger brothers?
a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar
What is a simile?
The author of The House on Mango Street.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
Why does Esperanza need to get a job in the vignette "The First Job?"
Catholic school is expensive
Why does Cathy say her family needs to move?
The neighborhood is getting bad.
Esperanza's first "friend" who moves away.
Who is Cathy?
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences
What is a anaphora?
A short scene that focuses on a character. This is how the book is divided.
What is vignette?
What game (physical activity) are the girls playing as they are discussing "Hips?"
Jump Rope
Esperanza says that she has inherited her great-grandmother's name, but why doesn't she want to be like her great-grandmother?
Her great-grandmother never did all the things she dreamed of. She sat by the window each day, probably regretting the life that she lived.
A strong-willed, smart woman who has hair that smells like bread.
Who is Mama?
the practice of representing a thing or idea as a person or with human-like qualities in literature
What is personification?
The year that The House on Mango Street was published.
What is 1984?