my aunt, a little oyster, a little piece of meat on an open shell for us to look at.... is a example of
personification, metaphor, realism, modernism, allegory, symbolism
What is metaphor?
100
In what city is Mango St. located?
What is Chicago?
100
Esperanza wants to say goodbye to this one day. She says she will come back here "for the ones who cannot out."
What is Mango Street?
100
This is the reason Esperanza crossed the street to get closer to Sire.
What is because she wanted to prove she wasn't afraid?
100
She lives on Mango St. She is the main character.
Who is Esperanza?
200
Esperanza's great-grandfather threw a sack over her great-grandmother's head and carried her off. "Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier or something."
Comparing her great-grandma to a chandelier is a use of metaphor, simile, personification, antonym, or symbolism.
What is metaphor?
200
Where do Esperanza's people come from?
What is Mexico?
200
This name means hope in English and too many letters in Spanish.
What is Esperanza?
200
"They came with the wind that blows in August, thin as a Spider web and barely noticed. Three who did not seem to be related to anyone but the moon."
That was how Sandra Cisneros described these characters, the ___________ __________.
Who are the three sisters?
200
This is a literary term for the main character and person the reader roots for in the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
The nun at school makes fun of this.
What is Esperanza's house?
300
A single floor apartment where Esperanza lives is called a f_a_.
What is a flat?
300
Esperanza does has inherited this person's name, but refuses to inherit "her place in the window."
Who is great-grandmother?
300
What did the old "oriental man" at Esperanza's first job ask her to do for his birthday?
What is a birthday kiss?
300
This is Esperanza's little sister.
Who is Nenny?
400
Sandra Cisneros' real father was disappointed when she didn't bring home this from college.
What is a husband?
400
four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine...they grab the earth with thier hairy toes and bite the sky with voilent teeth..... This is an example of
Choices: (inference, metaphor, personification, infestation, radiation)
What is personification?
400
Papa cries when he hears of the this.
What is the death of his father?
400
At the Baptism, a young man asks Esperanza to do this, but she feels awkward and refuses. She does it instead with Uncle Nacho. (Hint: She has a negative self image about her feet.)
What is dance?
400
This character is with Esperanza when she is tragically raped at the amusement park. This character is also physically abused by her father.
Who is Sally?
500
This novel is made up of 44 of these.
What is a vignette?
500
This is a type of floor covering (in this book, it had roses on it). L_ _ _ _ _ _ m.
What is linoleum?
500
This once whimsical place near the caged monkey is the place where Esperanza tries to kill herself. It is also the place where Sally lets too many boys kiss her.
What is the garden?
500
Rafaela, who drinks coconut and papaya juice on tuesdays, leans on her elbow and leans out the window and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel's.
The mention of the story of Rapunzel is a literary _______.
metaphor, analysis, analogy, allusion
What is allusion?
500
This is the opposite of the protagonist in a story. This may refer to one or more characters that are in opposition to the protagonist.