Cisneros uses many examples of figurative language--similes, metaphors and personification. Identify your favorite example of figurative language and describe why you like it.
"they are the only ones that understand me." Esperanza is talking about how the trees are the only ones how understand her. it is my favorite because this is how I feel some times. NG
"Sally is the girl with eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke. The boys at school think she's beautiful because her hair is shiny black like raven feathers and when she laughs, she flicks her hair back like a satin shawl over her shoulders and laughs"(81). This is my favorite example of figurative language in the book because it gives a clear picture of what Sally looks and acts like, and how dramatically different her character is from Esperanza's.
"My papas hair is like a broom, all up in the air." when Esperanza compares her papas hair to a broom how brooms are all dirty and messy.(6) This is my favorite simile because it compares two things and everything I do I compare things just like Esperanza.
"I thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek, he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth and doesn't let go."(55) This is my favorite example of figurative language because it's saying that she's to young to work and doesn't know right from wrong yet because she's still a kid. Also, every time I read this sentence I always ask myself why would she kiss a stranger/old man in the first place?!?
My favorite example of figurative language is "It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" (4). This is my favorite example, because it is describing The House on Mango Street, and how it is nothing like she thought it would be, and nothing like her mother said it would be. The part "windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" is showing us how tiny and cramped the house is.
Cisneros used tons of figurative language, but my favorite is in the chapter 'Beautiful & Cruel'. It is my favorite because the way it is written, it's just like looking inside Esperanza's heart and everything she is against. "My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain."(88) She absolutely does not want to grow up this way and will do everything possible to change her traditional part in life. --AB
Im like a red balloon tied to an anker. When Esperanza and her friends feel trapped and all they want to do is escape but they can't escape. I like this because it reminds of some of my friends who had been in a situation like that. T.C.
"and she smells pink like babies do" I think this means that babies smell soft and girly like the color pink. is my favorite because pink can never really have a smell.
I agree with WM. My favorite example of figuritive language in the book would be from the chapter HIPS. "They bloom like roses"(50). In this Esperanza explains how the hip bones grow. This is my favorite simile because i love the way she descirbes the bones. MMT♥
My favorite example of figurative language that Cisneros uses in her novel, The House on Mango Street, is (Page 20) "It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones." (Simile) To me it seems like Cisneros was explaining how old the music box was and that it had not been opened or played in a very long time, so when Gil, the store owner, opens the music box its like releasing everything bundled up inside that has accumulated over time/years. I think this specific example of figurative language stood out the most to me mainly because I love looking at and learning about things or items from history. Like antiques have always interested me but I'm not sure why. Also it seemed as though Cisneros was explaining that this music box was so old it needed to be opened and flushed from the years of musty storage. This is why this particular example of figurative language is my favorite in The House on Mango Street. M.M
My favorite quote from The House on Mago Street is "If you give me five dollars I will be your friend forever."(14) Our Good Days. I like this quote because I remember when I was little, my sister would bribe me with money to do stuff and tell me I'm the best brother.
"...when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it." This is my favorite quote from The House on Mango Street because Esperanza describes her mother's hair as serenity. When she smells her mother's hair, Esperanza has a feeling of safety and feels like she is home, just like the warm smell of bread right when it comes out of the oven. EL
MY favorite quote from The House On Mango Street is "people who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live to much on the earth"(86-87).chap 34) This quote appeals to me because its metaphorical and has a meaning to it!
"My feet swell big and heavy like plungers.." (47) Esperanza says this because she is comparing what the shoes look like to how they feel to her. Esperanza is embarrassed by the old shoes she has to wear with her new clean fancy dress, and she feels like they are getting bigger and bigger and thats all that anyone is noticing,
"And me, my hair is lazy." (6) I like this one because it's a good way to describe something like that. Also my hair is the same way, I can never get it the way I want it. CE
"...makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti,...."(16)In this simile they are talking about riding the bike with three people on it. I can relate to this because I use to be the skinny one who rode on the handle bars while someone peddled. The bike would wobble and tip over all the time till you got use to it. tw
...."and me , my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands"... Is one of my favorite quotes because it is a interesting way of showing a persons characteristis. It shows that Esperanza does not want to be tamed or follow the rules. B.T.
..."I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am the one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate." (89) I liked this simile because it shows how she has really always been different than the others, and how she wants to not play the women roll, and be her own person, and not follow anybody else, be her own person. M.Z.
"But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day..." I like this simile because the choice of words Esporanza uses is very different, and pretty. AS
"they are the only ones that understand me." Esperanza is talking about how the trees are the only ones how understand her. it is my favorite because this is how I feel some times.
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"Sally is the girl with eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke. The boys at school think she's beautiful because her hair is shiny black like raven feathers and when she laughs, she flicks her hair back like a satin shawl over her shoulders and laughs"(81).
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite example of figurative language in the book because it gives a clear picture of what Sally looks and acts like, and how dramatically different her character is from Esperanza's.
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"My papas hair is like a broom, all up in the air." when Esperanza compares her papas hair to a broom how brooms are all dirty and messy.(6)
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite simile because it compares two things and everything I do I compare things just like Esperanza.
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"I thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek, he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth and doesn't let go."(55) This is my favorite example of figurative language because it's saying that she's to young to work and doesn't know right from wrong yet because she's still a kid. Also, every time I read this sentence I always ask myself why would she kiss a stranger/old man in the first place?!?
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My favorite example of figurative language is "It's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" (4). This is my favorite example, because it is describing The House on Mango Street, and how it is nothing like she thought it would be, and nothing like her mother said it would be. The part "windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath" is showing us how tiny and cramped the house is.
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Cisneros used tons of figurative language, but my favorite is in the chapter 'Beautiful & Cruel'. It is my favorite because the way it is written, it's just like looking inside Esperanza's heart and everything she is against. "My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain."(88) She absolutely does not want to grow up this way and will do everything possible to change her traditional part in life.
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Im like a red balloon tied to an anker. When Esperanza and her friends feel trapped and all they want to do is escape but they can't escape. I like this because it reminds of some of my friends who had been in a situation like that. T.C.
ReplyDelete"and she smells pink like babies do" I think this means that babies smell soft and girly like the color pink. is my favorite because pink can never really have a smell.
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I agree with WM. My favorite example of figuritive language in the book would be from the chapter HIPS. "They bloom like roses"(50). In this Esperanza explains how the hip bones grow. This is my favorite simile because i love the way she descirbes the bones.
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My favorite example of figurative language that Cisneros uses in her novel, The House on Mango Street, is (Page 20) "It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones." (Simile) To me it seems like Cisneros was explaining how old the music box was and that it had not been opened or played in a very long time, so when Gil, the store owner, opens the music box its like releasing everything bundled up inside that has accumulated over time/years.
ReplyDeleteI think this specific example of figurative language stood out the most to me mainly because I love looking at and learning about things or items from history. Like antiques have always interested me but I'm not sure why. Also it seemed as though Cisneros was explaining that this music box was so old it needed to be opened and flushed from the years of musty storage. This is why this particular example of figurative language is my favorite in The House on Mango Street. M.M
My favorite quote from The House on Mago Street is "If you give me five dollars I will be your friend forever."(14) Our Good Days. I like this quote because I remember when I was little, my sister would bribe me with money to do stuff and tell me I'm the best brother.
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"...when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it." This is my favorite quote from The House on Mango Street because Esperanza describes her mother's hair as serenity. When she smells her mother's hair, Esperanza has a feeling of safety and feels like she is home, just like the warm smell of bread right when it comes out of the oven. EL
ReplyDeleteMY favorite quote from The House On Mango Street is "people who live on hills sleep so close to the stars they forget those of us who live to much on the earth"(86-87).chap 34) This quote appeals to me because its metaphorical and has a meaning to it!
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"My feet swell big and heavy like plungers.." (47)
ReplyDeleteEsperanza says this because she is comparing what the shoes look like to how they feel to her. Esperanza is embarrassed by the old shoes she has to wear with her new clean fancy dress, and she feels like they are getting bigger and bigger and thats all that anyone is noticing,
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"And me, my hair is lazy." (6) I like this one because it's a good way to describe something like that. Also my hair is the same way, I can never get it the way I want it. CE
ReplyDelete"...makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti,...."(16)In this simile they are talking about riding the bike with three people on it. I can relate to this because I use to be the skinny one who rode on the handle bars while someone peddled. The bike would wobble and tip over all the time till you got use to it. tw
ReplyDelete...."and me , my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands"... Is one of my favorite quotes because it is a interesting way of showing a persons characteristis. It shows that Esperanza does not want to be tamed or follow the rules. B.T.
ReplyDelete..."I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am the one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate." (89) I liked this simile because it shows how she has really always been different than the others, and how she wants to not play the women roll, and be her own person, and not follow anybody else, be her own person.
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"But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day..."
ReplyDeleteI like this simile because the choice of words Esporanza uses is very different, and pretty.
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