The House on Mango Street

My name is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

My papa's hair is like a broom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does Rafaela like to drink?

• white wine
• coke
• coconut and papaya juice
• coffee with a lot of sugar

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who or what are the only ones that understand Esperanza?

• Dogs 
• flowers
• clouds 
• trees 

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What broke Mamacita's heart?

• Her husband for leaving her for a thin woman.
• Her son singing the Pepsi commercial in English
• Her husband would not take her out of the house.
• She found out she could not have anymore children.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

This character marries young to escape home, but ends up marrying a man like her father.

• Marin

• Sally

• Rafaela

• Nenny

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Marin danced with this person

• Esperanza

• Tito

• Geraldo

• Carlos

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Another name for this young character is Magdalena

• Minerva

• Nenny

• Mamacita

• Mama

Her love languished in the limelight.

• repetition

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10