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alliteration
repeating the same CONSONANT sound within a group of words
repetition
repeating the same WORD within a group of text
assonance
repeating the same VOWEL sound within a group of words
allusion
reference to something well known (usually a capitalized, proper noun)
hyperbole
a huge exaggeration or overstatement
idiom
a phrase without the literal meaning
situational irony
when something turns out differently than expected (for the reader or the characters)
personification
giving an object or animal human traits
onomatopoeia
sounds used as words
oxymoron
when words next to each other contradict each other
juxtaposition
comparison of two bigger ideas, characters, settings within a text
simile
comparison of two objects using "like," "as," or "than"
metaphor
comparison of two objects using "is," "am," "are," "was," or "were"
symbol
an object, character, or event with a deeper or hidden meaning in the story
Esperanza said, "And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands" (Cisneros 6).
example of personification (and alliteration)
Esperanza said, "The snoring, the rain, and Mama's hair that smells like bread" (Cisneros 7).
example of simile
Esperanza said, "Until then I am a red balloon" (Cisneros 9).
example of metaphor
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!)
Esperanza said, "All day waiting...Mama gets back and buys everything except the shoes" (Cisneros 46).
example of irony
Esperanza said, "Most likely I will go to hell" (Cisneros 58).
example of symbol
Esperanza said, "I think diseases have no eyes. They pick with a dizzy finger anyone" (Cisneros 59).
example of personification
Esperanza said, "It started out with famous people: Wonder Woman, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe" (Cisneros 59).
example of allusion
Esperanza said that her mother explained, "I was a smart cookie then" (Cisneros 91).
example of idiom (and metaphor)
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
Esperanza said, "With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias" (Cisneros 108).
example of alliteration
Esperanza said, "Only a house quiet as snow" (Cisneros 108).
example of simile
Esperanza said, "Mango [Street] says goodbye sometimes. She does not hold me with both arms" (Cisneros 110).
example of personification
Esperanza said, "They will not know I have gone away to come back" (Cisneros 110).
example of irony
Esperanza said, "She is the one who drives the men crazy" (Cisneros 89).
example of idiom
Esperanza said, "I am the one who leaves the table like a man" (Cisneros 89).
example of simile
Esperanza said, "The day we played the game, we didn't know she was going to die" (Cisneros 61).
example of irony
Esperanza said, "The kids are asleep after she's fed them their pancake dinner" (Cisneros 84)
example of oxymoron
Esperanza said her mother explained, "I'm tired. Whew!" (Cisneros 46).
example of onomatopoeia
Esperanza said, "She looked out the window her whole life" (Cisneros 11).
example of hyperbole
Esperanza said, "It [my name] is the Mexican records my father plays" (Cisneros 10).
example of metaphor (and allusion!)
Esperanza said, "In Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver" (Cisneros 11).
example of alliteration (and simile!)
Esperanza said, "The man had to pull her. The taxicab driver had to push. Push, pull. Push, pull" (Cisneros 77)
example of repetition
Esperanza said, "My aunt, a little oyster" (Cisneros 60).
example of metaphor
Esperanza said, "Pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day" (Cisneros 6).
example of alliteration
Esperanza said, "Windows so small you think they were holding their breath" (Cisneros 4).
example of personification
Esperanza said, "Keep, trees say when I sleep. They teach" (Cisneros 75)
example of assonance (and personification!)
Esperanza said, "Out back is a small garage for the car we don't own yet" (Cisneros 4).
example of irony
Esperanza said, "Four skinny trees with skinny necks" (Cisneros 74).
example of personification
Esperanza refers to shoes in two vignettes, one has high heels, and one has her school shoes.
example of juxtaposition (and symbol)
Esperanza said, "I am a tiny thing against so many bricks" (Cisneros 75).
example of metaphor
Esperanza said, "Four skinny trees. Four who grew despite concrete" (Cisneros 75).
example of symbol
Esperanza said, "Floorboards will squeak upstairs" (Cisneros 87).
example of onomatopoeia
Esperanza said, "Passing bums will ask, Can I come in? I'll offer them the attic" (Cisneros 87).
example of irony
Esperanza said, "The bones gone limp as worms" (Cisneros 58).
example of simile
Esperanza said, "Sally, who taught you to paint your eyes like Cleopatra?" (Cisneros 81).
example of allusion (and simile!)
Esperanza said, "I have begun my own quiet war" (Cisneros 89).
example of oxymoron
Nenny says, "'There are a million, zillion kinds'" (Cisneros 35)
example of hyperbole
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
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)
Esperanza says, " This is the tree we chose for the first ever Tarzan jumping contest" (Cisneros 22)
example of allusion