House on Mango Street Lesson 7

Read the following statement and answer the question below.

"Don't talk to them. Can't you see they smell like a broom?"

What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following quote and answer the following question.

"I sit on the back seat and Rachel is skinny enough to get up on the handlebars which makes the bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti, but after a bit you get used to it."

What type of figurative language is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following passage from the text:

We come from Texas, Lucy says and grins. Her was born here, but me I'm Texas.

You mean she, I say.

No, I'm from Texas, and doesn't get it.

Esperanza comments that she "doesn't get it." Whom is Esperanza referring to?

• Rachel

• Esperanza

• Cathy

• Lucy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why do you think the author does not tell us the names of Rachel and Lucy in the beginning of the scene?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

How does Esperanza feel about Rachel?

• She does not think Rachel is smart.

• She likes Rachel and thinks she's sassy and funny.

• She doesn't care about Rachel and likes Lucy better.

• She thinks Rachel is too loud.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6