House on Mango Street - Figurative Language

"And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"[Rachel and Lucy] are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks.

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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

Me, I never said nothing to him except once when I bought the Statue of Liberty for a dime."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Then he starts [the music box] up and all sorts of things start happening. It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture."

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees would go shakity-shake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"...and nobody looked up not once the day Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to earth without even an 'Oh.'"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Alicia, who inherited her mama's rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6