Esperanza Rising Chapters 7-9 Figurative Language Flashcards

Front

Row upon row of white wooden cabins formed long lines, connected like bunk houses.

Back

Simile and Alliteration

Front

Esperanza could hear them talking in English, the words hard and clipped, as if they were speaking with sticks in their mouths.

Back

Simile

Front

Esperanza felt anger crawling up her throat.

Back

Personification

Front

The talking suddenly stopped in the other room.

Back

Alliteration

Front

The coffee and sausage made her stomach growl and she tried to remember when she had last eaten.

Back

Personification

Front

Several more onion trucks passed by, their smell accosting her eyes and nose as much as the diapers.

Back

Simile

Front

After it [the truck] passes, the sharp smell told her they were onions, the dry outer skins being shredded by the wind.

Back

Personification

Front

A group of girls were crowded next to the cardboard box, cooing and cradling them.

Back

Alliteration

Front

It [the broomstick] swung wildly.

Back

Personification

Front

Esperanza remembered the rose garden as a blackened graveyard.

Back

Simile