Mango Literary Devices

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55 Terms

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alliteration

repeating the same CONSONANT sound within a group of words

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repetition

repeating the same WORD within a group of text

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assonance

repeating the same VOWEL sound within a group of words

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allusion

reference to something well known (usually a capitalized, proper noun)

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hyperbole

a huge exaggeration or overstatement

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idiom

a phrase without the literal meaning

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situational irony

when something turns out differently than expected (for the reader or the characters)

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personification

giving an object or animal human traits

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onomatopoeia

sounds used as words

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oxymoron

when words next to each other contradict each other

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juxtaposition

comparison of two bigger ideas, characters, settings within a text

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simile

comparison of two objects using "like," "as," or "than"

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metaphor

comparison of two objects using "is," "am," "are," "was," or "were"

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symbol

an object, character, or event with a deeper or hidden meaning in the story

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Esperanza said, "And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands" (Cisneros 6).

example of personification (and alliteration)

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Esperanza said, "The snoring, the rain, and Mama's hair that smells like bread" (Cisneros 7).

example of simile

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Esperanza said, "Until then I am a red balloon" (Cisneros 9).

example of metaphor

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Esperanza said, "One day we were passing a house that looked, in my mind, like houses I had seen in Mexico" (Cisneros 17).

example of allusion (and simile!)

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Esperanza said, "All day waiting...Mama gets back and buys everything except the shoes" (Cisneros 46).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "Most likely I will go to hell" (Cisneros 58).

example of symbol

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Esperanza said, "I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone" (Cisneros 59).

example of personification

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Esperanza said, "It started out with famous people: Wonder Woman, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe" (Cisneros 59).

example of allusion

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Esperanza said that her mother explained, "I was a smart cookie then" (Cisneros 91).

example of idiom (and metaphor)

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Esperanza said that her mother explained, "You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn't have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains" (Cisneros 91).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias" (Cisneros 108).

example of alliteration

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Esperanza said, "Only a house quiet as snow" (Cisneros 108).

example of simile

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Esperanza said, "Mango [Street] says goodbye sometimes. She does not hold me with both arms" (Cisneros 110).

example of personification

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Esperanza said, "They will not know I have gone away to come back" (Cisneros 110).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "She is the one who drives the men crazy" (Cisneros 89).

example of idiom

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Esperanza said, "I am the one who leaves the table like a man" (Cisneros 89).

example of simile

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Esperanza said, "The day we played the game, we didn't know she was going to die" (Cisneros 61).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "The kids are asleep after she's fed them their pancake dinner" (Cisneros 84)

example of oxymoron

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Esperanza said her mother explained, "I'm tired. Whew!" (Cisneros 46).

example of onomatopoeia

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Esperanza said, "She looked out the window her whole life" (Cisneros 11).

example of hyperbole

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Esperanza said, "It [my name] is the Mexican records my father plays" (Cisneros 10).

example of metaphor (and allusion!)

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Esperanza said, "In Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver" (Cisneros 11).

example of alliteration (and simile!)

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Esperanza said, "The man had to pull her. The taxicab driver had to push. Push, pull. Push, pull" (Cisneros 77)

example of repetition

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Esperanza said, "My aunt, a little oyster" (Cisneros 60).

example of metaphor

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Esperanza said, "Pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day" (Cisneros 6).

example of alliteration

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Esperanza said, "Windows so small you think they were holding their breath" (Cisneros 4).

example of personification

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Esperanza said, "Keep, trees say when I sleep. They teach" (Cisneros 75)

example of assonance (and personification!)

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Esperanza said, "Out back is a small garage for the car we don't own yet" (Cisneros 4).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "Four skinny trees with skinny necks" (Cisneros 74).

example of personification

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Esperanza refers to shoes in two vignettes, one has high heels, and one has her school shoes.

example of juxtaposition (and symbol)

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Esperanza said, "I am a tiny thing against so many bricks" (Cisneros 75).

example of metaphor

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Esperanza said, "Four skinny trees. Four who grew despite concrete" (Cisneros 75).

example of symbol

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Esperanza said, "Floorboards will squeak upstairs" (Cisneros 87).

example of onomatopoeia

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Esperanza said, "Passing bums will ask, Can I come in? I'll offer them the attic" (Cisneros 87).

example of irony

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Esperanza said, "The bones gone limp as worms" (Cisneros 58).

example of simile

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Esperanza said, "Sally, who taught you to paint your eyes like Cleopatra?" (Cisneros 81).

example of allusion (and simile!)

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Esperanza said, "I have begun my own quiet war" (Cisneros 89).

example of oxymoron

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Nenny says, "'There are a million, zillion kinds'" (Cisneros 35)

example of hyperbole

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Esperanza says, "Nenny and I don't look like sisters...Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy" (Cisneros 17)

example of juxtaposition

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Esperanza says, " Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats" (Cisneros 13)

example of repetition (and alliteration of the "c" sound)

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Esperanza says, " This is the tree we chose for the first ever Tarzan jumping contest" (Cisneros 22)

example of allusion