Figurative Language
In your own words please define the word "figurative language".
figure of speeches used to enhance writing and imagery. Usually is a figure of speech that is not literal.
In your own words please define the word "support".
give assistance to
Who does this best represent?
"I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn't it. The house on Mango Street isn't it."
A. Rafaela
B. Nenny
C. Esperanza
D. Nenny
C. Esperanza
What is the overall central idea of the introduction?
a. The central idea is that Sandra Cisneros’ journey from young girl to young, educated, independent woman provided her with the inspiration to write House on Mango Street.
b. The central idea is that Sandra Cisneros almost didn’t become successful due to the lack of parental support.
c. The central idea is that Sandra Cisneros wanted to become a successful writer in order to support her parents.
d. The central idea is that Sandra Cisneros feels inadequate compared to male published authors.
a. The central idea is that Sandra Cisneros’ journey from young girl to young, educated, independent woman provided her with the inspiration to write House on Mango Street.
In your own words please define the"simile"
a comparison between 2 things usually using the words "like" or "as".
In your own words please define the word "cite".
To quote from a passage, book, or author.
Who does this best represent? " Two trains and a bus, because she doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin."
A. Nenny
B. Alicia
C. Marin
D. Cathy
B. Alicia
Which line from Cathy Queen of Cats best supports the idea that racial tension had an impact on those living in Chicago during the 1970’s?
a. “In the meantime they’ll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in.”
b. “Cathy’s father will have to fly to France one day and find her great great distant grand cousin on her father’s side and inherit the family house.”
c. “Benny and Blanca own the corner store. They’re okay except don’t lean on the candy counter.”
d. “Edna is the lady who owns the building next to you. She used to own a building big as a whale, but her brother sold it.”
a. “In the meantime they’ll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in.”
In your own words please define personification.
Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things.
In your own words please define the word "infer".
when you put together what you already know with what you read.
Who does this best represent? "When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza."
A. Aunt Lupe
B. Mama
C. Sally
D. The three sisters
D. The three sisters
Which previously mentioned female does Sally seem to mirror in Linoleum Roses when Cisneros writes, “She sits at home because she is afraid to go outside without his permission”?
a. Ruthie
b. Marin
c. Rafaela
d. Alicia
C. Rafaela
Please provide an example of a simile.
In your own words please define the word "analyze".
to examine in detail, usually for the purpose of explaining or understanding.
Who does this best represent? " That's right, I add before Lucy or Rachel can make fun of her. She is stupid alright, but she is my sister."
A. Nenny
B. Cathy
C. Marin
D. Rafaela
A. Nenny
Which figurative language device is used in the last line of A House of My Own to create vivid imagery when Cisneros writes, “Only a house quiet as snow, a space to go, clean as paper before the poem”?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. rhetorical question
d. irony
A. Simile
Please provide an example of personification.
Answer will vary.
In your own words please define the word "determine".
establish (say) exactly, usually after research.
Who does this best represent? "And how was she to know she'd be the last one to see him alive. An accident, don't you know. Hit-and-run."
A. Papa
B. Sire
C. Geraldo
D. Darius
C. Geraldo
Which line from Alicia Who Sees Mice best supports the idea that she is a positive role model for Esperanza?
a. “And anyway, a woman’s place is sleeping so she can wake up early with the tortilla star, the one that appears early just in time to rise and catch the hind legs behind the sink, beneath the four-clawed tub, under the swollen floorboards nobody fixes, in the corner of your eyes.”
b. “Close your eyes and they’ll go away, her father says, or You’re just imagining.”
c. “Is afraid of nothing except four-legged fur. And fathers.”
d. “Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university.”
D.