HOM Quick Facts
Who is the author of The House on Mango Street
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
List Esperanza's family members.
Who are Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, and Nenny?
In "Quilt of a Country", Anna Quindlen compares the United States to a what?
What is a quilt?
Define simile.
What is a comparison using "like" or "as".
What are four trees?
When was The House on Mango Street written?
When was 1984?
Why was it a "good day" for Esperanza?
What is she bought 1/3 of a bike and made two new friends?
In "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, Amy receives what gift from her parents for the holiday?
What s a miniskirt in beige tween?
Define metaphor.
What is a comparison without using "like" or "as"?
When Esperanza has a house of her own what does she plan to keep in the attic?
What are bums?
What point of view is The House on Mango Street written from?
What is First-Person Narrative?
List one topic the girls discussed in the vignette "And Some More" before the conversation ends with a disagreement.
In "Little Things are Big" Jesus Colon says that Puerto Ricans value what?
What is courtesy?
Define personification.
What is giving human qualities to inanimate objects?
What tragic event happened in Rachel and Lucy's family?
The baby died.
Cisneros uses dialogue in the novel, but does not use what type of punctuation to indicate characters are speaking?
What are quotation marks?
What does Alicia see in her house when she is up studying at night?
What are mice?
Name 3 people Hetain Patel has imitated.
Who are Bruce Lee, his father, and Spider-Man?
Define irony.
What is using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literal or usual meaning?
Esperanza likes to do what in her free time?
What is write stories?
Define vignette.
What is a short scene or incident?
What kind of juice does Rafaela like to drink on Tuesdays?
What is coconut juice or occasionally papaya juice?
According to Hetain Patel, we form our identities by what?
What is imitation?
Define theme.
What is the central idea of a work of literature.
What is Esperanza's address?
What is 4006 Mango Street?