The Alchemist
Before traveling to Africa, the boy did this job.
What is a shepherd?
As is typical for most traditional comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream ends with this event.
What is a marriage?
Boy Willie wants to sell the piano in order to buy this.
What is Sutter's farm?
Esperanza believes that this act will enable her to escape Mango Street.
What is writing?
This comparison between two things can be simple or extended (but does not use "like" or "as").
What is a metaphor?
While working at the crystal merchant's shop, Santiago devises to sell this beverage.
What is tea?
William Shakespeare wrote most of his poetry in this distinctive metrical style.
What is iambic pentameter?
This action by Berniece gets rid of Sutter's ghost.
What is playing the piano?
This beautiful character serves as a foil, a character who contrasts with another character to highlight certain traits, to Esperanza.
Who is Sally?
An author's deliberate word choice, which can affect tone, style, and other elements, is known as this.
This phrase refers to the interconnectedness of all living things.
What is the Soul of the World?
The comedic "Pyramus and Thisby" that ends the play is a thinly veiled parody of this Shakespeare drama.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Lymon attempts to woo Berniece thanks, in part, to this distinctive item of clothing.
What is his (magic) suit?
Esperanza's name comes from this ancestor.
Who is her grandmother?
This repetition of the first sound of a word can cause curious cadences.
What is alliteration?
Santiago finally finds the treasure here.
What is under the sycamore tree in Spain?
Oberon and Titania are fighting over this character that does not appear in the play.
Who is the changeling child/the boy?
The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog are named after this mode of transportation.
What is a railroad?
The aunts in "The Three Sisters" foretell that Esperanza will escape Mango Street but she "must remember" to do this.
What is come back?
Fatima's name in The Alchemist, the Yazoo Delta in The Piano Lesson, and Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream are all examples of this form of reference.
What is allusion?
The crystal merchant dreams of travelling to this destination for pilgrims.
What is Mecca?
Although commonly referred to as Puck, the trickster fairy is listed as this in the text of the play.
What is Robin?
Most of the male characters in the play have spent time at this deceptively named prison.
What is Parchman Farm?
Many of the women in The House on Mango Street are depicted as trapped and sitting by this architectural feature.
What is a window?
When the audience is aware of a reality that the character is oblivious to, for example when the boys are under a spell in A Midsummer Night's Dream, is this kind of irony.
What is dramatic irony?