Esperanza Rising Ch. 5-6 Figurative Language

“The guavas smelled fresh and sweet, like pears and oranges all in one.”

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Everything seemed to remind her of what she had left behind: the nopales reminded her of 

      Abuelita who loved to eat prickly pear cactus.”

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“She remembered standing on a chair with her arms out-stretched like a bird ready for flight

       while Hortensia fitted the sides of the dress.

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“You need the protection of darkness.”

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Instead, Alfonso led them to a car with rows of wooden benches, like church pews facing  

      each other, already crowded with peasants.”

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“Until a pin poked me and I moved my leg and made a noise.”

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“The locomotive arrived pulling a line of cars and hissing and spewing steam.” 

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“But this time, she was buried beneath a mountain of guavas and could not wave to 

      anyone.”

• metaphor and alliteration

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“The song of the locomotive was monotonous as they traveled north, and the hours  

       seemed like Mama’s never-ending ball of thread unwinding in front of them.” 

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Each morning the sun peeked over one spur of the Sierra Madre, sometimes shining 

         through pine trees.”

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3