Figurative Language and "House on Mango Street"

When you compare two things using "like," "as," or "than,"  this is called a... 

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole 

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A _____ is considered an extreme exaggeration. 

• metaphor 
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification 

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"She was the sun I watched every morning, the quiet breeze that calmed me," is an example of: 

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole 

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Using words to appeal to the five senses is...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Imagery
• Alliteration 

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"I watched as time ran away from my hands and the fire burnt out," is an example of:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Questioning
• Personification 

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Sandra Cisneros uses the simile "Nobody looked up, not once the day Angel Vargas... dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star... without even an 'Oh,'" in order to... 

• Demonstrate that Angel was light weight
• Express how hilarious it was that Angel died
• Highlight how the neighborhood didn't seem concerned about a child's death
• Reveal how unimportant Angel was to the whole story.

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Cisneros uses the alliteration "buttoning, bottling and babying," in order to convey...

• The mother is constantly balancing many aspects of life with her kids
• The need to rhyme when you have kids 
• How desperate and disappointing the mother is
• How hard it is to have children

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Old Mr. Benny, repeats "Come down, you come down right now," which helps illustrate how...

• Mr. Benny is an annoying and grumpy character who just wants peace. 
• Even when people try to care for the children, they consistently choose not to listen. 
• the mother should be arrested
• nobody cares enough about the kids except their mother. 

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Cisneros uses the hyperbole "the man who left without even leaving a dollar for bologna," in order to reveal that...

• The father didn't have a good paying job.
• The mother is depressed and consequently lets her kids go undisciplined. 
• Nobody in the family has a job.
• the  family was truly alone and had to depend on what little they had

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Sandra Cisneros uses multiple types of figurative language in her novel. Why is this important?

• It is seen from a child's point of view, and children are imaginative.
• It helps the reader get through the chapters.
• It emphasizes how reckless children really are.
• It explains why the characters were so strange and made up stories.

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