Esperanza Rising figurative language

​Esperanza Rising - figurative language

By Randi Glenn

Figurative Language - when what you say isn't what you mean

Similes - Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Metaphors - Directly stating one thing is another

Personification - Giving human qualities to non-human things

Sensory imagery - Helps the reader experience the setting evoking sight, smell, sound, taste, touch

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language in the sentence: "The politician's speech was a raging fire that consumed the crowd's attention."

• A. Personification

• B. Simile

• C. Metaphor

• D. Sensory imagery

Multiple Choice

What is the term for giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract concepts?

• A. Simile

• B. Metaphor

• C. Alliteration

• D. Personification

Multiple Choice

Analyze the difference between "The snow was a fluffy blanket" and "The snow was like a fluffy blanket." The first is a Metaphor, and the second is a:

• A. Simile

• B. Hyperbole

• C. Sensory imagery

• D. Personification

Multiple Choice

Identify the figurative language in the line: "The camera silently judged the model's every pose."

• A. Metaphor

• B. Simile

• C. Personification

• D. Sensory imagery

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• A. Sensory imagery

• B. Simile

• C. Metaphor

• D. Personification

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the best example of Personification?

• A. The clouds were fluffy as cotton candy.

• B. The metallic, acrid smell of ozone hung in the air.

• C. The wind whispered secrets through the open window.

• D. The lake was a mirror reflecting the mountains

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is most clearly featured in the sentence: "The bacon sizzled, and the grease popped with a sharp, staccato rhythm"?

• A. Metaphor

• B. Simile

• C. Personification

• D. Sensory imagery

Now, we will work on identifying it in our text from this week

Multiple Choice

What emotion or state is used to describe Mama, Abuelita, and Esperanza as they slept in the servants' cabins after the fire?

• A. They were angry and planned revenge.

• B. They were numb, as if encased in a thick skin that nothing could penetrate.

• C. They were relieved to have survived.

• D. They were hopeful that a miracle (un milagro) would fix everything.

Open Ended

Mama is described as waiting on the steps "looking like a fierce statue".

What two things are being compared in this simile?

Multiple Choice

Simile: Mama's Appearance When Mama waits for the Tíos, the text states she was "looking like a fierce statue". This phrase is an example of what literary device?

• A. Metaphor

• B. Personification

• C. Simile

• D. Hyperbole

Open Ended

What emotion or state of mind does this comparison suggest about Mama at that moment, particularly considering people's normal reactions after a fire?

Open Ended

The text mentions that after the fire, all that remained of the trunk's contents were "black cinders" and that Esperanza picked through the "black wood". What sense is being used?

Multiple Choice

Which type of figurative language is being used here? "mortars and pestles from the kitchen that were made from lava rock and refused to burn"

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Sensory Imagery