What type of figurative language? “They think suffering is good for you ever since they saw that movie 300 Spartans.”

Define Rancheras (context clues). "She likes to dance. She knows how to do the cumbias and salsas and rancheras even"

Type of characterization (Esperanza)? “The eskimos got thirty different names for snow, I say, I read it in a book”

Type of characterization (Lucy) “Esperanza’s fat face, that's who. Looks like Esperanza’s ugly face….”

What type of conflict? “I get to school with my mother’s letter and rice sandwich because we don’t have lunch meat”

Define wedged (context clues). "The little wooden door which has wedged shut the dark for so long opens with a sigh"

What type of conflict? "Yes, I nodded, even though I knew that wasn't my house and started to cry"

What type of conflict? "The water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn't fix them because the house was too old"

Which of the following best describes the Mango Street neighborhood?

Which best describes Esperanza? "Do you like these shoes? Rachel says yes, and Lucy says yes, and I say yes"

Explain the following: "She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow."