House On Mango Street pgs. 58-66

Vignette: "Born Bad"
Esperanza goes from describing her Aunt Lupe as a wonderful woman who used to be a great swimmer to describing Aunt Lupe once she got ill.  This causes the tone to shift from

• dark to light-hearted
• apprehensive to disappointed
• happy to unsocial
• light-hearted to dreary

Vignette:  "Born Bad"
Esperanza illustrates Aunt Lupe's beauty through the use of the following literary technique.

• Allusion to a Hollywood actress
• Simile to compare Aunt Lupe to the Mona Lisa
• Hyperbole to describe her physical features
• Epiphany to explain how she realized her Aunt Lup was a famous Hollywood Actress

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Esperanza innocence can best be illustrated by her

• belief that her game is what killed her Aunt
• understanding that Aunt Lupe was a great swimmer
• desire to be like grown-ups and feel in love
• necessity to write poetry 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following lines is an example of personification?

• "But I think diseases have no eyes.  They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone."
• "I want to be like the waves on the sea, like the clouds in the wind, but I am me."
• "I want to be Tahiti.  Or merengue.  Or electricity."
• "My whole life on that kitchen table:  past, present, future."

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read the following:
"But I think diseases have no eyes.  They pick with a dizzy finger anyone, just anyone."
The above quote creates a sense of

• peace
• acceptance
• understanding
• hopelessness

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following and determine the purpose of the literary technique:
"Hard to imagine her legs once strong, the bones hard and parting water, clean sharp strokes, not bent and wrinkled like a baby, not drowning under the sticky yellow light."

• to emphasize Lupe's helplessness
• to illustrate Lupe's ability
• to highlight Lupe's profession
• to demonstrate the horrors of disease

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read the following and determine the literary technique:
"Hard to imagine her legs once strong, the bones hard and parting water, clean sharp strokes, not bent and wrinkled like a baby, not drowning under the sticky yellow light."

• simile
• personification
• epiphany
• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did Esperanza feel close to Aunt Lupe?

• Esperanza is a good swimmer just like Aunt Lupe
• Aunt Lupe favored Esperanza over Nenny and Carlos
• Aunt Lupe listened to Esperanza's poems and gave her advice on her writing
• Aunt Lupe practically raised Esperanza as her own child

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What news had Papa received in the chapter "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark?"

• He got fired from his job; he cries, and Esperanza doesn't know what to do.

• He won the lottery, and Esperanza gains respect for risks.

• His father had died, and he begins to cry, which befuddles Esperanza.

• He finds out the city plans to demolish the house; he cries, and Esperanza is confused.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.K.6

Aunt Lupe died the day the girls made fun of her.

• True
• False